poisoning

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He reeled against the damp rock wall, and for a moment sea and sky and prisoning headlands and white-lined tide whirled before his eyes.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

The Ancient Mariner’s face grew suddenly bleak and fierce, and his right hand flashed out to Daughtry’s wrist, prisoning it in withered fingers of steel.

From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack

Aunt Anne was jealous to her fingertips, the ends of those beautiful, delicately prisoning hands.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice

So she stepped in, and the door was closed, prisoning her and her potatoes in the imposing hall.

From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold

She gave one sharp little scream and exerting her young strength flung off the prisoning hands.

From Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore by Lester, Pauline