How to Use imprison in a Sentence

imprison

verb
  • He was imprisoned for murder.
  • He has threatened to imprison his political opponents.
  • Blacks need to be imprisoned for the most part.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • You were imprisoned by his regime at least six times.
    — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And so he was briefly imprisoned.
    — ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Dozens of them have been imprisoned for speaking out against the war.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 14 May 2024
  • Some of them have been called, held to account and even imprisoned.
    — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • If draftees declined to serve, they could be imprisoned.
    — Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Fifth, work with judges to imprison serial shoplifters.
    — Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • This is not the first time Sotoudeh has been imprisoned.
    — Irwin Cotler, Time, 8 May 2026
  • When he was imprisoned for robbery, she was freed to spend time with anyone.
    — Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
  • You can now be imprisoned for up to six months in Britain just for doing that.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
  • You are not imprisoned for the conviction of a felony.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • You are not imprisoned for the conviction of a felony.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • You are not imprisoned for the conviction of a felony.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • Bad people were killed or imprisoned.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Angeli pleaded guilty to a felony and was imprisoned.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Eight hundred and nine remained imprisoned, the group said.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The simplest way forward, for those who have been imprisoned, is to live a quiet life.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Rom had no choice left by the time he was imprisoned again, this time in Eswatini.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • He was charged with seven crimes and spent four months imprisoned in Tocorón jail.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 8 Jan. 2026
  • He could be imprisoned for up to 17 years if convicted on each of those charges.
    — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
  • British sailors overtook the ship, imprisoned its captain and crew and seized the cargo.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the third still is Stan, talking to someone on the phone with most of the team imprisoned.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Among those imprisoned and then released was Po’pay.
    — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the children escaped in the chaos, and Won-do was imprisoned for his crimes.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 15 May 2026
  • Thousands more have been imprisoned.
    — Shahrnush Parsipur, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The same fire that builds a business can quietly imprison the business owner who built it.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But to imprison someone who is protesting outside the jail raises a lot of questions.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 July 2022
  • The group advocates for regime change and has seen hundreds of its members imprisoned and killed.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2020

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