oubliettes

plural of oubliette

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for oubliettes
Noun
  • Hidden passageways, dungeons frozen in time, and eerie corridors are like catnip for those with a proclivity toward the paranormal.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The developers sprinkle puzzle elements into some dungeons while also adding moments where stealth is more useful and efficient than brute force.
    Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These conditions of confinement might mirror what we're used to in prisons and jails and can sometimes be worse.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the deaths could have been prevented with more effective medical and mental health treatment in county jails, the families of people who have died in jail have argued in lawsuits against the county.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These conditions of confinement might mirror what we're used to in prisons and jails and can sometimes be worse.
    Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The escape was initially revealed on Sunday by Guatemala’s director of prisons, who said that prison officials had only detected the scheme — in which inmates may have slipped out one by one, or in pairs — after hearing rumors and checking inmates’ biometric data.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.
    Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The boat therefore needed metal or plastic cages installed around the engines, so that the diver wouldn’t get accidentally cut up by their blades — and finding a boat and then the right cages fit onto the boat would take time.
    Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The activists were regularly moved around to assorted cells and outdoor cages while awaiting processing and court hearings.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Oubliettes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oubliettes. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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