Sentence example with the word 'confine'

confine

arena, breakoff point, container, delimited field, feature, hold up, limitation, obstruct, radius, start, wall in

Last update: August 13, 2015


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During the Civil War the church was used to confine prisoners, and in 1657 it was declared ruinous.   [verb]

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His knowledge about theworld is confined to books only.   [verb]

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Sometimes Nature's secrets are beyond the confines of human understanding.   [Please select]

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Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia does n't confine you to the surface of the Earth.   [verb]

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The river was confined between high and cragged rocks, one of which impended above the spot where the canoe rested.   [verb]

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"This becomes serious:" Carne had long learned to treat his French colleague with a large contempt: "I shall have to confine you in the Yellow Jar, my friend."   [verb]

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Why, he is confined to his bed with a fever.   [verb]

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He also bore a knife in a girdle of wampum, like that which confined the scanty garments of the Indian, but no tomahawk.   [verb]

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I fear that you are a little confined down here, and in need of more solid sustenance.   [verb]

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"And if they arena confined for debt," said Ochiltree, "what is't that tempts sae mony puir creatures to bide in the tolbooth o' Fairport yonder."'   [verb]

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The private passage, confined to its pristine breadth, had originally continued beyond this seat; but the jealous precautions of the vagabonds who frequented the cave of St.   [verb]

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confer - confine - confiscate