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confinement

Confinement is the act of confining or the state of being confined. Confinement is the condition of being in childbirth.

confinement

the act of restraining of a person's liberty by confining them (= labor, labour) concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child she was in labor for six hours the state of being confined he was held in confinement (= restriction) the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary) the restriction of the infection to a focal area

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Simple sentences

Tom spent his birthday in solitary confinement.

Movie subtitles

The first one who lets a squeak out. I'll put in solitary confinement.
Since solitary confinement means nothing to men like you, except to make you worse I thought this time I'd let you work out your own punishment.
Well, I heard today that they have put her in solitary confinement.
A marriage of solitary confinement.
When her confinement is due, send to Moscow for a doctor.
Under the terms of the Geneva Convention, I can sentence you to 30 days solitary confinement.
We're, all of us, sentenced to solitary confinement. inside our own lonely skins for as long as we live on this earth.
They go into solitary confinement.
He's spent most of his life behind bars, including 43 years in solitary confinement.
He will be placed in confinement until a court martial can be convened.
I suggest this prisoner be kept under the strictest security confinement permanently.
And the worst convicts, those deep down in solitary confinement, and the most ordinary file clerks, probably for large insurance companies.
Five days confinement!
Illegal confinement is a serious offense.
I'm certain Napoleon III is against confinement.
Firstly. the Emperor will end the confinement policy.
You'll do the next on the army's anti-confinement action.
Listen! Why end confinement?
Solitary confinement.
I'm warning you. The first one who lets a squeak out. I'll put in solitary confinement.
Try that again and I'll put you in solitary confinement, you would-be Frankenstein.
So I humbly beg your pardon and ask the favor of your allowing me to join your little family circle, to save me from the horrible fate of drinking in solitary confinement.
FOR THE RECORD, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT JAMES A. CORRY IS A CONVICTED CRIM INAL PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
It's all over. They go into solitary confinement.
Gone is the fear of losing that bond, that confinement, that falsehood.
The Reactíon of Crewmen to Lengthy Confinement.
I UNDERSTAND, SIR, THAT THERE IS A BELIEF THAT I KEEP MISS LIVVIE IN CONFINEMENT BECAUSE OF YOUR PASSION FOR HER.
Go on, go on. Well, I heard today that they have put her in solitary confinement. No.
My uncle was accused and condemned to three years in confinement.
We suggest a sentence of 2 years and 6 months in confinement considering the nature of the crime and time wasted on the justice system.
Rigid confinement for the rest of his life.
I'll have the leeches to her, sir- straps, confinement.
Two hours of solitary confinement or staying inside for a week.
Silence, or you go into solitary confinement.
Not to solitary confinement.
Gone is the fear of losing that bond, that confinement, that falsehood. That entire story is now over.
Is confinement to quarters enough? - Adequate, doctor.

News and current affairs

The European Union established a scientific committee to investigate animal-welfare issues on farms, and the committee recommended banning the battery cage, along with some other forms of close confinement of pigs and calves.
Recently, however, the European Union has recognized that the intensive confinement of farm animals has gone too far.
Following the report, the EU set dates by which close confinement of these animals would be prohibited.
So the results strongly suggest that if all Americans were given a chance to vote on keeping pregnant pigs and calves in such tight confinement, the majority would vote no.
By contrast, birds that are reared by traditional methods are likely to have greater resistance to disease than the stressed, genetically similar birds kept in intensive confinement systems.
The system of confinement that the ban represents is justified neither by Islamic texts, nor by the nature of the diverse society that the Al Saud and their Wahhabi partners' rule.
We shall soon find out whether Manal al Sharif's defiance of the Saudi regime's systemic confinement of women produces a similar effect.
Confinement in a small box could not exceed two hours, but if the prisoner could stand in the box, it could continue up to eight hours at a time, 18 hours a day.
The purpose of confinement in a box is not to disorient someone, but to give the detainee a feeling of discomfort.
The regime of former President Viktor Yanukovych was dancing to the Kremlin's tune, and my confinement ended only because of the courage of the millions of Ukrainians who demanded its ouster.
The conclusion PETA wants us to reach is that both the Holocaust and the mass confinement and slaughter of animals are horrific.
Is it right to keep such large animals in close confinement?
Moreover, the degree of confinement in an aquarium is extreme, for no tank, no matter how large, can come close to meeting the needs of animals who spend their lives in social groups swimming long distances in the ocean.
Also tellingly, the accused member of the hated religious minority was jailed for life and condemned to a method of punishment - solitary confinement on an island 3,000 miles away - that was invented just for him after his conviction.
Most Iraqi scientists I knew would consider this a blessed opportunity to escape the confinement and threats that shadow their lives.
Consistent with that finding, an historic ballot initiative in California to ban cruel forms of animal confinement on factory farms, including the battery cage system of keeping hens, is also showing strong support.

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