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
Her face was very pale, as if from long immurement, and her eyes were no more merry.
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
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
There have been horrible instances of voluntary immurement in Christian Europe, and above all in the Christian East; but not quite—though very nearly—as bad as this.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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 Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
