confine
verb (used with object)
to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict.
are confining
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present progressiveof confine.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The conditions are confining, and the area is isolating for families.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022
If these requirements are confining, no one at TOT seems to notice, or care.
From Time Magazine Archive
We are confining ourselves to facts; my premise is that you can catch all you need with your bare hook.
From The Money Gods by Ellery H. Clark
"You are confining yourself too much," she said.
From Family Pride Or, Purified by Suffering by Mary Jane Holmes
Most of the time he inserts them just as they are, confining himself to the work of harvesting them and weeding out the tares.
From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Louise Seymour Houghton
