Example Sentences

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He reunited with his wife in the final months of his life, as he suffered from ill-health caused by his imprisonments.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

Many voters appeared fed up with the military’s rule, imprisonments, censorship, and manipulation of politics after the army’s coups in 2006 and 2014.

From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2023

“It’s disturbing, it’s terrifying, and it’s a major violation of protected speech,” Freedom House’s Nate Schenkkan said of the recent imprisonments of Western-based Saudis.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2022

Even a recent number of arrests and imprisonments for defaming the president do not appear to have dented Mr. Hichilema’s popularity.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Both of us were spared, in body at least, by the stone walls of our different imprisonments, and altered in spirit, in ways we’re struggling to understand.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver