imprison in

Frequency: 6.52.0 per million words

To specify the location of imprisonment, such as a jail, prison, or dungeon.

imprisonimprison + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • He was imprisoned in a dark dungeon for his crimes.
  • Many political dissidents were imprisoned in the notorious maximum-security prison.
  • The revolutionaries were imprisoned in the city's main jail.
  • She felt imprisoned in her own home by her illness.
  • The tyrant loved to imprison his enemies in the highest tower.
  • After the coup, the former leader was imprisoned in an undisclosed location.
  • They plan to imprison the suspect in the local precinct for questioning.
  • His fear of public speaking effectively imprisoned him in his quiet solitude.
  • The birds were imprisoned in small cages.
  • The government decided to imprison the protesters in temporary detention centers.