imprison
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
was imprisoning
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past progressiveof imprison.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The State of Mexico, despite having less capacity for investigation, was imprisoning people at twice the average national rate - with many detainees unable to afford a lawyer, he added.
From Reuters ● Dec. 2, 2022
Should I never be able to escape from that night which was growing darker and darker, which was imprisoning me, driving me mad and raising an increasing and impenetrable barrier between Elaine and me.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 by Guy de Maupassant
