imprison
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
is imprisoning
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present progressiveof imprison (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In a contentious tactic not seen elsewhere in the US, the north-eastern state is imprisoning patients and forcing them to rehabilitate inside correctional facilities.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2019
At that moment the satyr appears and, misunderstanding some words of Mirtillo's, proceeds to bar the entrance to the cave with a huge rock, thinking he is imprisoning Mirtillo and Corisca.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
