close arrest
Example Sentences
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Captain Pollock was placed in command of the post and Devers in close arrest.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
Montezuma denied it, and despatched messengers to the offending cacique, directing that he be put under close arrest and brought to the capital.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady
"I am directed by the general to give you the order to go at once to your quarters and remain there under close arrest."
From The Point Of Honor A Military Tale by Dan Sayre Groesbeck
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 Frederic Remington
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 Charles King
