imprison
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
are imprisoning
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present progressiveof imprison.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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“These militias are imprisoning the people like a bird,” said Amanullah Othmanzai, an influential Pashtun tribal elder.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2015
“We are imprisoning the future for our kids and our grandkids if we do not act, and it’s time to act.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2011
Usually, though, western Kansas winters are imprisoning, and usually frost on the fields and razory winds have altered the climate before Christmas.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
"Oh, yes, indeed!" she cried; "you are imprisoning his spirit within his body, and I shall never see him again."
From Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I by M. Y. Halidom
