- present participle of imprison.
imprisoning
Example Sentences
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Buddha steps in, imprisoning Monkey under a mountain and forcing him to study sutras for 500 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
Retired tech titans and social media luminaries can no more control the development of AI by banning it than the Catholic Church could undo the fact that Earth revolves around the sun by imprisoning Galileo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
"Excuse me, that's incorrect. Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires that the government provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people," Hassan said.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
The US and many countries in Europe have repatriated citizens from Syrian detention camps before putting them on trial and imprisoning them.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
The badger then upended the basket, imprisoning the maddened sparrow beneath it.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
