immurement

Example Sentences

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Like Jack, who struggles to move beyond immurement in his tech world and make human contact with Sally, De Palma has encountered a similar challenge in his own life.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2017

Our peregrinations made it very clear that Carcassonne was impregnable; it is impossible to imagine without having seen them such refinements of immurement, such ingenuities of resistance.

From A Little Tour of France by Pennell, Joseph

And I had smelled before that cold, dank, furnished draught of air that hurried by her to escape immurement in the furnished house.

From Rolling Stones by Henry, O.

For this immurement, however, there exists fair compensation in the shape of a very pretty garden, or rather a series of garden spaces, which surround the dwelling on three sides.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

Persons conversant with the Vedas have said that death and immurement are both painful.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan