immured in English

verb

1

enclose or confine (someone) against their will.

her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum

synonyms: confine, intern, shut up, lock up, incarcerate, imprison, jail, cage, put behind bars, put under lock and key, hold captive, hold prisoner, detain, hold

verb

• confine, intern, shut up, lock up, incarcerate, imprison, jail, cage, put behind bars, put under lock and key, hold captive, hold prisoner, detain, hold
• put behind bars, jail, remand, gaol, lag, imprison, put away, jug, incarcerate

Use "immured" in a sentence

1. He was immured in a dark room.

2. She immured herself in books this morning.

3. 5 He was immured in a dark room.

4. The criminal was immured in a dark prison for many years.

5. Immured in a dark airless cell, the hostages waited six months for their release.

6. Should divine life be immured in the charnel house of fleshly lust?

7. On consideration, it seemed a pity to waste this beautiful weather immured in her cabin.

8. Synonyms for Beslaved include enslaved, enthralled, bethralled, indentured, captured, enchained, fettered, immured, imprisoned and incarcerated

9. Similarly, the sentence-grammarian can not remain immured from the discourse he encounters in his daily life.

10. Antonyms for Aestivated include hibernated, slept, wintered, overwintered, lay dormant, lain dormant, vegetated, hid, hidden and immured

11. Word spreads that the bridge company will pay a rich reward to the family of anyone who volunteers to be immured.