Example Sentences

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So far, we have not figured out how to lock up a child without perpetuating degradation for the both the imprisoned and the imprisoner, no matter how wholesome the endeavor sounds.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2021

We would still be the world’s leading imprisoner.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2015

Tasso could not always conceal his contempt of his imprisoner from the ducal servants.

From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato