confining

present participle of confine

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of confining Bruni Tedeschi captures her in that vortex — her pulmonary illness confining her to bed one minute and her artistic drives reanimating her with defiant spirit the next. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Wildlife art can be confining, constricting, customary; contemporary artists are assuring its survival and vibrancy by breaking from the traditional. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Plants are also unbothered by confining pavement and other urban challenges. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025 To make a fusion power plant economically viable, a tokamak must simultaneously achieve high plasma pressure, current, and density, all while effectively confining the heat. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025 Those at the back push forward, and some may even climb over others, piling up between the confining walls. Francesco Fedele, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confining
Verb
  • Pressures are understandable, but Campbell has to do a better job of limiting pre-snap penalties.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Beware of when disengaging or limiting interactions is necessary for your own safety and well-being.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What of Daedalus, the architect who created the awful labyrinth imprisoning both the Minotaur and his victims?
    Natalie Zutter September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The possibility of becoming more beautiful can be both empowering and imprisoning.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The opposition to restricting book access has continued in recent court cases.
    Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is part of an overall trend regarding restricting and guiding how and when AI can be used as a therapeutic tool.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Subsequent reports revealed that Bolsonaro and his allies had devised a baroque plot to regain power, which included jailing and possibly murdering their political opponents.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Titipol Phakdeewanich, a political science professor at Ubon Ratchathani University, said that despite the jailing and Shinawatra family's declining influence, the indomitable Thaksin would still attempt to call the shots in politics.
    Panarat Thepgumpanat, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This summer, Varon put her social media and communications savvy to use interning at a PR agency.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Chen was studying finance and mining Ethereum in his dorm room, all while interning at Innovating Capital on a hedge fund desk.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Confining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confining. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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