confine
verb (used with object)
to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict.
had confined
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past perfectof confine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms Zia said at the time that the government was "disconnected" with its people and with its actions had "confined the whole country".
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
She said she was speaking from an apartment in Kabul where the Taliban had confined her after she tried to escape the country, and she pleaded for rescue.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Cities everywhere had confined and subsumed many thousands of streams, erasing them from public memory.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022
By nightfall, firefighters and workers had confined the blaze to 47 acres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2018
The gold cloaks had confined Ser Cleos to a win- dowless guardroom in the gatehouse.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
