confinement

noun con·fine·ment \ kən-ˈfīn-mənt \

|Updated on: 12 Aug 2018

Examples: confinement in a Sentence

Definition of confinement

: an act of confining : the state of being confined

solitary confinement

; especially : lying-in

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Examples of confinement in a Sentence

The dog was kept in confinement until it was determined to be healthy.
He remained with his wife during her confinement.

Recent Examples of confinement from the Web

Manafort, who served as President Trump’s campaign manager from June to August 2016, was booked into Virginia’s Alexandria Detention Center Thursday amid an ongoing courtroom tussle over his confinement.

— andrew o'reilly, Fox News, "Manafort mugshot revealed after he's moved to new jail," 13 July 2018
The conversation and other details of his confinement were cited by prosecutors in an unusual court filing on Wednesday aimed at convincing the judge to reject Manafort’s demand to delay his trial, now scheduled to begin July 25.

— chris megerian, Anchorage Daily News, "For Paul Manafort, an uncommonly comfortable life behind bars," 12 July 2018
The conversation and other details of his confinement were cited by prosecutors in an unusual court filing on Wednesday aimed at convincing the judge to reject Manafort’s demand to delay his trial, now scheduled to begin July 25.

— chris megerian, latimes.com, "Paul Manafort's VIP jail treatment: A private phone line, a laptop and his own shower," 11 July 2018
Even after withdrawal subsides, many inmates with opioid addictions experience continual cravings throughout their confinement, magnifying their addiction.

— brian barnett, STAT, "Jails and prisons: the unmanned front in the battle against the opioid epidemic," 2 July 2018
Photo: Getty Boumediene v. Bush (2008): The 5-4 majority ruled that terrorism suspects captured overseas and held indefinitely at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could challenge their confinement in civilian courts.

— joe palazzolo, WSJ, "Justice Kennedy’s Biggest Moments," 28 June 2018
This is entirely possible with their confinement in close quarters.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Valley Edition," 19 June 2018
Several did not appear unhappy in their confinement but looked longingly at the skyline of the cities across San Francisco Bay.

— johnny miller, San Francisco Chronicle, "Rockers rebuffed over RFK wake," 6 June 2018
Chris Gober, Jacob’s attorney, had asked Senior U.S. District Judge David Ezra to sentence her to either a half-way house or home confinement, but the judge declined.

— patrick danner, San Antonio Express-News, "FourWinds bookkeeper who testified against Uresti sentenced to year in prison camp," 11 July 2018

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