imprison
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
imprisons
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present tense formof imprison (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The camera is almost always static; the frame is frozen in a way that virtually imprisons the characters, suggesting that their blinkered belief systems similarly constrain their thoughts and direct their deeds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Filmed in a boxy aspect ratio that visually imprisons her in her circumstances, the movie uses tracking shots as hints into its character’s mindset.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
The cemetery is an oasis of peace amid the traffic that imprisons the Ostiense area.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
The centerpiece of the Art League Gallery show is a virtual-reality headset that imprisons the wearer in a jail cell.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
Daddy imprisons himself in his room, but what else is new?
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
