confinement
noun
con·fine·ment
kən-ˈfīn-mənt 
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.
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Forbidden from leaving their individual hotel rooms, the crew slowly come to terms with the state of indefinite confinement.
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Hubbell was convicted of murder and criminal confinement and was sentenced to 75 years in prison.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Loughlin spent two months behind bars before being released from a prison in Dublin, California, in December 2020, while Giannulli completed around two weeks of home confinement in April 2021.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
To support that effort, scientists at Durham University in the United Kingdom recently concluded a testing program on 5,500 superconducting wires needed for ITER’s magnetic confinement system.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
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Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
Hubbell was convicted of murder and criminal confinement and was sentenced to 75 years in prison.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 3 Oct. 2025
Loughlin spent two months behind bars before being released from a prison in Dublin, California, in December 2020, while Giannulli completed around two weeks of home confinement in April 2021.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
To support that effort, scientists at Durham University in the United Kingdom recently concluded a testing program on 5,500 superconducting wires needed for ITER’s magnetic confinement system.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for confinement
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“Confinement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confinement. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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confinement
noun
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