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prisoning
verb as in jail
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"No; I will never kiss you 'good-bye'" She freed herself from his prisoning arms.
They beat with delicate insistence against the Toymaker's prisoning fingers.
He grasped either side of her chair as he had done then, prisoning yet not touching her with his arms.
By St. Olaf, but you are passing bold to speak of prisoning me in the walls wherein I was born.
Nicanor dropped on one knee on the grass beside her, his arms across her lap, his hands prisoning one of hers.
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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to prisoning, such as: confine, detain, hold, imprison, lock up, and sentence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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