sequestered
Example Sentences
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The local postmaster, a Jacksonian Democrat named Alfred Huger, was unnerved by what he considered inflammatory content and sequestered the abolitionist material, rather than comply with his legal obligation to deliver the mail.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
In the fall of 2020, while Rowan was still sequestered in the Hamptons and his other homes because of Covid, Black summoned him to his hundred-acre spread in Bedford, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
It revealed that the lead detective who investigated the murders - a key trial witness - and two prosecution solicitors had been staying at the same hotel as the sequestered jury.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
A "fundamental irregularity" also took place while the jury was sequestered that "fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts", he argued, without giving further details.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The twins were in Virginia, sequestered at their grandmother’s, incommunicado.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
