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
How delicious is that refreshing breeze after his terrible immurement!
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
I can not tell you all we spoke of in that day-long immurement.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
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
"Two years after your immurement in the cell, the food having been for some time untouched, the wall was opened, and upon the pallet was found a decayed carcase in mouldering, monkish vestments."
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
