enisle
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The map shows how Northern sea-power could not only divide the South in two but almost enisle the eastern part as well.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
Swimming in symbolism, The Chairs readily enough suggests people's enisled fate in life's estranging sea, their efforts to flesh their daydreams, enforce their beliefs, communicate, be remembered.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such girls were placed on view at 10:30 a.m. for the express purpose of allowing the women of their age who had remained enisled in Maycomb to examine them.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Try to imagine yourself ensconced there, having climbed up by the short flight of steps which will be attached to it, enisled and remote amidst the surging traffic that sweeps through a drawing-room.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 192-06-30 by Various
Yes! in the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live alone.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
So when the would-be Confederates of Maryland, led by the Mayor of Baltimore, began tearing up rails, burning bridges, and cutting the wires, the Union Government found itself enisled in a hostile sea.
From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by William Charles Henry Wood
