close arrest
Example Sentences
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Reynolds had been in close arrest three days.
From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by Ashton, John
That was the condition of affairs when the eighth, and final, day of Lanier's close arrest arrived.
From Lanier of the Cavalry or, A Week's Arrest by King, Charles
He instructed an Irish renegade and member of his cabinet, called Nolin, to see to it that the prisoner was kept under close arrest until her fate was decided upon—which would probably be before morning.
From The Rising of the Red Man A Romance of the Louis Riel Rebellion by Mackie, John
The result of that previous interview was his being placed 115 in close arrest and informed that he should be tried by general court-martial once.
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by King, Charles
Then, with sudden effort, "I—you are hereby placed in close arrest and confined to your quarters—by order of Colonel Stone."
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by King, Charles
