imprison
verb (used with object)
to confine in or as if in a prison.
were 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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With conditions so perverted that the lawbreakers were imprisoning the victims of their own lawlessness, something ought evidently to be done about it.
From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by J. C. (Jens Christian) Aaberg
He held his right hand in his left, as though he were imprisoning there the memory of the last little clasp that she had given it.
From The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by John Fox
There was intense indignation among the garrison when they learned that the American commanders in Montreal were imprisoning every Canadian officer who would not surrender his commission.
From The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton by William Charles Henry Wood
