confinement

Example Sentences

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For the last five years, he has been held in solitary confinement at a maximum security prison - a detention his son believes is causing his health to "tremendously suffer".

From BBC

He is in ill health and has spent most of the last five years in solitary confinement, the lone window fixed to block sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lai’s lawyers say he has several chronic health conditions and suffers from being in solitary confinement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lai was kept in solitary confinement at his own request to avoid harassment, prosecutors said.

From Barron's

A supersolid that forms on its own, without artificial confinement, has remained one of the most debated mysteries in condensed matter physics.

From Science Daily