oubliette
Example Sentences
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He was not in the oubliette for long.
From The Guardian
A Morris oubliette means restraint into perfect immobility.
From New York Times
Let the novel open like an oubliette under your feet.
From New York Times
Of our prejudices against the Puritans, she writes: “Stigma is a vast oubliette.”
From New York Times
Was the ghost seen admiring moats or pointing out that the oubliette needed a fresh coat of Sky Blue or what?
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
