immurement
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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
And then he thought of the three years she had suffered immurement, uncomplaining, and a flush of shame warmed him, for he carried fair play as an item in his creed.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
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 Kisari Mohan Ganguli
At the conclusion of this half century's immurement what would the world say to the Polish composer's music?
From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by James Huneker
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 Joseph Pennell
