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
Here is the real thing, where video liberates rather than imprisons all-enveloping music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
Evasive and everywhere, the past imprisons Olivia as good old Gothic stories tend to wrap their tentacles around and ensnare us.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2022
Exiled back to Earth, Monkey and his armies battle the forces of Heaven successfully until the Buddha finally imprisons him under a mountain.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2021
Daddy imprisons himself in his room, but what else is new?
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
