confine
verb (used with object)
to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict.
have been confining
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present perfect progressiveof confine.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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As a matter of fact, for the past six months, by mutual agreement, La Prensa and La Nation have been confining their foreign news to ten columns.
From Time Magazine Archive
We have been confining our attention in this chapter to the primary emotions.
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
Bronchial subjects who have been confining themselves to black currant lozenges on patriotic grounds will welcome the news.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 21, 1917 by Various
They glide towards him, grasp table-knives, and cut the cords that have been confining him.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
