close arrest

Example Sentences

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Sandy could not be held in close arrest beyond the eighth day; but that the affair would have to be thoroughly investigated by general court everybody felt and said.

From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles

"I am directed by the general to give you the order to go at once to your quarters and remain there under close arrest."

From The Point Of Honor A Military Tale by Groesbeck, Dan Sayre

For which piece of impudence the veteran went straightway to Sudsville in close arrest.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic

The result of that previous interview was his being placed 115 in close arrest and informed that he should be tried by general court-martial once.

From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles

At 1 a.m. on the 31st the authorities raided the isolated hut on the Norfolk coast, captured the German telegraph operator in the act of communicating with Borkum, and hurried him away under close arrest.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)