immures

[US]/ɪˈmjʊə(r)/
[UK]/ɪˈmjʊr/

Translation

vt. enclose or confine (someone) against their will, imprison or incarcerate

Phrases & Collocations

immured behind bars

immured in isolation

Example Sentences

immure oneself for study

her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum.

The prisoners were immured in a dark dungeon.

She felt immured in her boring job.

The castle immured many secrets within its walls.

He felt immured by his own fears and insecurities.

The ancient tomb was immured for centuries.

She felt immured from the rest of the world in her secluded cabin.

The old mansion immured many tragic memories.

He felt immured by the expectations of society.

The treasure was immured in a hidden chamber.

She felt immured by her own self-doubt.

Real-world Examples

In whose confine immured is the store which should example where your equal grew.

Source: The complete original version of the sonnet.

I immured myself for four years, and studied the laws of the empire.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

We were immured within prison walls of granite.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

" I shall be coming and going, but shall not immure myself here any more" .

Source: Family and the World (Part 2)

I am amazed, Don Lorenzo, how you could possibly think of immuring so charming a Girl within the walls of a Cloister! '

Source: Monk (Part 1)

Those still standing are immured by their money, trapped between Western sanctions and the worse punishment that breaking with the Kremlin might entail.

Source: The Economist Culture

And she had missed the daily contact with him, even if there was always someone around. She had missed the importance and activity of her lumber business while she was immured.

Source: Gone with the Wind

If women are to be made virtuous by authority, which is a contradiction in terms, let them be immured in seraglios and watched with a jealous eye.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

I shall enter at the same gate through which I came with my mother, when, after my father's death, she left that delightful retreat to immure herself in your melancholy town.

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Swithin took up his old position as the lonely philosopher at the column, and Lady Constantine lapsed back to immured existence at the house, with apparently not a friend in the parish.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

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