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.
• Prosecutors will recommend four months in custody and six months of home confinement, according to a plea deal.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2021
• Now, more than 7,700 inmates will be able to remain on home confinement under the bureau's control.
  — Clare Hymes, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2021
• He also is charged with criminal confinement, auto theft and carrying a handgun without a license.
  — Lawrence Andrea, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Dec. 2021
• Williams reviewed diaries and other records of their stay in the camps, learning that Buddhists continued to worship even in confinement.
  — Mike Trautmann, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2021
• The defense can also make the argument that as a police officer, Potter's confinement would likely be harsher than most because of the need to keep her safe.
  — Amy Forliti, ajc, 24 Dec. 2021
• Maxwell has complained about being held in solitary confinement, under 24-hour surveillance, and being awakened every few hours each night.
  — Chris Dolmetsch, Fortune, 30 Dec. 2021
• Eddy had managed to avoid getting into serious trouble for sixteen years, but now he, Mike, and Rico were put in solitary confinement.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
• After prosecutors declined to retry Wilson, a judge sentenced him to one year of probation — including six months of home confinement — for filing the false tax return.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
• He has been held in confinement by the Air Force since June.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
• He was sentenced to 25 years, with the first 20 to be served in confinement.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 27 Sep. 2022
• Shapiro called for 18 months in home confinement and no prison time for Gabaee.
  — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 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
• This means that inmates in the future could be on home confinement for years.
  — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• The mental pressures of confinement wore on the soldiers.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• In the past couple of years, the abolishment of welfare liens, the solitary confinement bill, the clean slate (bill).
  — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2022
• 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
• Other sentences ranged from 12 to 18 months in prison along with one year of home confinement.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• Francis, who also pleaded guilty in the case, fled home confinement last year and is now jailed in Venezuela.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2023
• In the case of Khan, an agreement last year that was kept secret from the jury pledged to reduce his time in confinement.
  — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2022
• Last month, a judge sentenced Marquez to three months of home confinement.
  — Michael Kunzelman, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• In the case of Mr. Khan, an agreement last year that was kept secret from the jury pledged to reduce his time in confinement.
  — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• Under the state's First Offender Act, Gray served the first 46 days in confinement in jail, rather than the full 5 years of her sentence.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Sep. 2024
• Under the state's First Offender Act, Gray served the first 46 days in confinement in jail, rather than the full five years of her sentence.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
• The judge gave James Uptmore 36 months of probation, with 21 days of home confinement.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2022
• His confinement is abject, but the source of his pain is deeply relatable: grief.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2022
• Experts have warned that the mental health impact of the confinement will be long-lasting.
  — New York Times, 29 June 2022
• My dad decided to stay in Washington State, put off by the thought of a long confinement.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2022
• He was given home confinement except for school and told to wear a GPS device.
  — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024