Example Sentences

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Helen backed out of a wedding last season and has sequestered herself away from the community.

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2022

Lucinda Livingston, a 63-year-old Montgomery grandmother with heart and lung problems, has sequestered herself at home during the outbreak.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2020

Young, 49, has sequestered himself and his teenage daughter at home for the past two weeks.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2020

So far, Africa is the only region that has sequestered samples in a single facility, in Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia.

From Nature • Jul. 23, 2019

The author can’t resist harassing the Torringtons with the menace in the next room: “ ‘Let them rot,’ ” Charlotte, Emerald’s mother, thinks of the passengers she has sequestered in the study.

From New York Times • May 30, 2012