How to Use confinement in a Sentence

confinement

noun
  • The dog was kept in confinement until it was determined to be healthy.
  • He remained with his wife during her confinement.
  • The soul of this artist was birthed while he was trapped in confinement.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Sentenced to 3 years in prison, with the first year on home confinement.
    — Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
  • He was tortured and kept for months at a time in solitary confinement.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2020
  • This means that inmates in the future could be on home confinement for years.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • In the end, the young man’s punishment for all of his crimes was one year of home confinement.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2021
  • Shapiro called for 18 months in home confinement and no prison time for Gabaee.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • But his mother and brother’s home confinement weighs on him.
    — Bianca Vázquez Toness, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But his mother and brother's home confinement weighs on him.
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • To some, the confinement at home increased mental health needs.
    — Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 10 Oct. 2020
  • But at the same time, in her mostly solitary confinement, so much of who she was bit by bit fell away.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2021
  • He was sentenced to 20 months in prison but served some of that time on home confinement.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The body and mind even suffer from confinement in a small space and isolation.
    — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Nick remains alone in his cell at all times and is served three meals a day in confinement, said the police source.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The lawyers said no more than six months in prison and a year of home confinement was appropriate.
    — Larry Neumeister, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021
  • This confinement blocks heat from escaping the zone where the laser hit the target.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 June 2026
  • Anderson was sentenced to three months in prison and three months of home confinement.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Last month, a judge sentenced Marquez to three months of home confinement.
    — Michael Kunzelman, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Staley was sentenced last week to 30 days in prison and a year of home confinement for the scheme.
    — Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
  • He was sentenced to 25 years, with the first 20 to be served in confinement.
    — Caroline Silva, ajc, 27 Sep. 2022
  • But tight confinement is crucial for success.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 24 May 2026
  • The resulting funds could only be used by the interned to pay for their confinement.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Her daughters are struggling with the confinement.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Both girls were sentenced to mental confinement.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Experts have warned that the mental health impact of the confinement will be long-lasting.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • France's two months of strict confinement to contain the coronavirus may well be the reason.
    — Elaine Ganley, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The confinement feels both of its filming moment, and true to the period.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2021
  • Nice wasn't able to get in to see Gomes da Silva until the fifth day of his confinement.
    — Ben Adler, USA Today, 7 June 2025
  • She’s trapped with her five-year-old son Jack, who was born in confinement and has no concept of the outside world.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023

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