close arrest
Example Sentences
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Billy Gray was indeed in close arrest and the grim prophecy was fulfilled—Colonel Canker was proving “anything but a guardian angel to him.”
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by Charles King
Not until nearly an hour later was it generally known that Captain Wren had been escorted to his quarters by the post adjutant and ordered to remain therein in close arrest.
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington
It had been immediately reported by the soldiers who had seen it; M. de Berg was under close arrest, and the police were diligently seeking his antagonist.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis
At 1 a.m. on the 31st the authorities raided the isolated hut on the Norfolk coast, captured the German telegraph operator in the act of communicating with Borkum, and hurried him away under close arrest.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
"Then it is the General's order, sir," said the chief-of-staff, "that you go at once to your quarters in close arrest."
From A Wounded Name by Charles King
