im·pris·on
im-ˈpri-zᵊn 
imprisoned; imprisoning; imprisons
: to put in or as if in prison : confine
plural -s
1
: the act of imprisoning or the state of being imprisoned : confinement, restraint
2
: constraint of a person either by force or by such other coercion as restrains him within limits against his will
Examples of imprison in a Sentence
Verb
He was imprisoned for murder.
He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Elyas said his father did not have high blood pressure before his detainment and developed the condition while imprisoned.
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Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
In Cars, vehicles talk and run a whole society; in Finding Nemo, fish feel imprisoned when they’re placed in a tank; Inside Out posits, through the use of anthropomorphized memories, that to be forgotten is a fate as bad as death.
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The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Several Death Match players were later arrested, imprisoned, and killed, though not in the immediate act of public martyrdom that later retellings of their ordeal sometimes suggest.
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Verb
He was imprisoned for organizing the assassination of Polish Interior Minister Bronisław Pieracki in 1934.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
Elyas said his father did not have high blood pressure before his detainment and developed the condition while imprisoned.
—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
In Cars, vehicles talk and run a whole society; in Finding Nemo, fish feel imprisoned when they’re placed in a tank; Inside Out posits, through the use of anthropomorphized memories, that to be forgotten is a fate as bad as death.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Several Death Match players were later arrested, imprisoned, and killed, though not in the immediate act of public martyrdom that later retellings of their ordeal sometimes suggest.
—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
19 June 2026
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“Imprison.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imprison. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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imprison
verb
im·pris·on
im-ˈpriz-ᵊn
imprisoned; imprisoning
-ˈpriz-(ə-)niŋ
: to put in or as if in prison
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