immuring

present participle of immure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for immuring
Verb
  • The building is the home of Ukraine’s Cabinet, housing the offices of its ministers.
    Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The building, on the northwest side of the city, formerly housing the Milwaukee Environmental Sciences Academy in the Dineen Park neighborhood and has been turned into a shelter by the American Red Cross for dozens of residents who still haven’t found a more permanent home.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 4 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
  • Despite questions surrounding his confirmation, Hegseth secured support in January from all but three Republicans to become Defense secretary with a 51-50 vote as Vice President JD Vance broke the tie.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Assembled over three years, Bolaño’s rubric was simple, surrounding herself with pieces that inspired creativity.
    Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 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
Verb
  • While the final details were still being negotiated, the embassy said the partnership will focus on key technologies, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, telecommunications, and quantum computing.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • One particularly notable viral video featured the son of a provincial government minister posing in front of a tree made from boxes of luxury labels including Louis Vuitton, Cartier and Gucci.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 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
  • All around her, linen, encasing her, like a caul.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Desserts carry the same straightforward, honest goodness, as in fragile phyllo dough encasing mascarpone with cinnamon caramel and lovely lemon pistachios.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On the ground in Wedgewood Houston, a tiny bird fought an army of enclosing fire ants, wildly kicking and flailing.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The pair used glass, stainless steel, and reinforced concrete to construct a circular house that traces the natural edges of a plateau, enclosing a Mediterranean garden designed by Smets.
    Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Immuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immuring. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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