close arrest

Example Sentences

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Sandy could not be held in close arrest beyond the eighth day; but that the affair would have to be thoroughly investigated by general court everybody felt and said.

From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles

For which piece of impudence the veteran went straightway to Sudsville in close arrest.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Remington, Frederic

Nor shall I be out of close arrest by that time, either.

From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

"I 'm not so sure of it," murmured Trafford, sullenly; "I 'd rather go into close arrest for a week than I 'd lose this day here."

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James

It is all over town by now; and Stanton is very much censured for placing him under close arrest.

From The Lost Despatch by Lincoln, Natalie Sumner