immure
verb (used with object)
to enclose within walls.
immured
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past participleof immure.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof immure.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
immureverb (used with object)to enclose within walls.
Example Sentences
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Abandoned by or cut off from their families, they are immured in lonely old age, waiting with restless resignation as the hours of their lives wind down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Instead, water was directed at the burnt trucks for hours in order to cool down the batteries enough to move them to storage, wherein they could be immured in sand or submerged entirely in water.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
Such findings remain mostly immured in the academy, however.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2020
“She is a friendless orphan,” said Levy, “whose relatives have immured her in an asylum without ever producing her for the court.”
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2019
On the way home I asked Flurry what he was going to do with the two cubs, now immured in a market basket under the seat of the dog-cart.
From In Mr. Knox's Country by Martin Ross
