close arrest
Example Sentences
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Billy Gray was indeed in close arrest and the grim prophecy was fulfilled—Colonel Canker was proving “anything but a guardian angel to him.”
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles
Montezuma denied it, and despatched messengers to the offending cacique, directing that he be put under close arrest and brought to the capital.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
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)
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
Not until nearly an hour later was it generally known that Captain Wren had been escorted to his quarters by the post adjutant and ordered to remain therein in close arrest.
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic
