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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 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 O. Henry

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 Francis Lynde

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 S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

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 Lafcadio Hearn


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