How to Use confine in a Sentence

confine

1 of 2 noun
Definition of confinenext
Synonyms for confinenext
  • The four women each filmed from the confines of their home.
    — Jason Parham, Wired, 7 Apr. 2020
  • For now, the freeze ray remains locked up in the confines of Arkham Asylum.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Sep. 2023
  • But the far-firing tank loses its edge in the close confines of a dense city.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • The great players still came, despite the cozy confines.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
  • From the confines of his prison cell, Dame has watched Adonis live what could’ve been — what should’ve been — his life.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The pair gave an update from the confines of their home earlier this week.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Of the next 12 games, nine are in the comfy confines of the American Airlines Center.
    — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The comfort of their home confines didn’t treat the Milwaukee Brewers as kindly as the west coast.
    — Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023
  • There, the sick and the healthy are often separated by a mere wall, when home becomes a haven and a confine.
    — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The local artist’s show overflows the narrow confines of the Nano Gallery, and includes larger pieces, some of them round.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • As always is the case, within the confines of a city, the nuances of the subtle changes of the seasons can easily be missed.
    — Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The most apparent reason to confine AI would be to stop it from deplorable acts.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Questions are asked within the confines of the women in the story, the answers clear to them, answers built from both love and rage.
    — David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In the home’s cramped confines, Officer Sean Murphy fired his weapon three times, striking Stephanie twice in the torso and once in the head.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
  • Even when reality stars stay within the confines of the law, there are still times where drinking goes too far.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • But almost all of her time was spent in Memphis, within the confines of her husband’s Graceland.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Many different places around the state and the world are offering virtual tours to be able to take in these spaces from the confines of their home.
    — London Gibson, Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Kansas has been shaky at times away from its friendly confines, but the talent is there for the Jayhawks to be dangerous in March.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The tight confines result in cramped arrow keys, a shrunken right Shift key, and a column of page and line navigation keys on the right edge.
    — Mark Knapp, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
  • At least in the confines of the simulation tool shown in the video above, the enormous Gundam can successfully walk.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Staring at something, anything, beyond the confines of the spaceship bulkheads is a welcome relief for the mind as well as the eyes.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 8 May 2023
  • On a sweltering summer day, three troubled teenagers set out on a reckless plan to escape the confines of their small town.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Loosely based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft, the film is narrated in retrospect from the confines of a padded room.
    — Zachary Barnes, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Within the confines of the West Track are three other setups that will support other driving lessons.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The pandemic had all of us cooped up at home, and getting outside was one of the first safe ways to escape restrictions and get beyond the confines of the indoors.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • That means looking outside the confines of your own industry.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Imagine never having to wear a brassiere, a garment designed to confine, control and hide the human breast!
    — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • In total, the digital space she’s carved out beyond the confines of Hearst feels authentic.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Beyond the confines of these splendid residences, a multitude of amenities awaits, meticulously designed to enhance the daily lives of its residents.
    — Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 3 Mar. 2024
  • This cometary origin story, with its mix of ancient humans, vanished megafauna and global cataclysm, quickly spread beyond the confines of scientific journals.
    — Zach St. George, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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confine

2 of 2 verb
  • The patch should be flush with the tile surface and confined to just the screw holes; don’t leave smears across the tile.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • But heat waves like July’s aren’t just confined to the land.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Looks like it’s confined to the new Fire Max 11 for now, and will land later this year.
    — WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
  • While Musk’s is confined to one wall, Trump has both a wall and a few glass cases.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The winds got so wild last year Carter and his colleagues were confined to their tents for nearly a week.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The new Redeemers are not confined to one state, either.
    — Jemar Tisby, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
  • So far, the cross-border fire is confined to the border region.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • While you and your little ones are confined to your homes while the snow piles high, take the time to enjoy an at-home spa day.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The Daily Monitor at the time that the Spencers allegedly kept the child confined to a small tiled room.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Early-stage uterine cancers (stages I and II) are confined to the inside of the uterus.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health, 10 Nov. 2023
  • In a worse-case scenario, the conflict will not remain confined to Gaza.
    — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023
  • No one wants you to be confined into some little dumb box.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 May 2023
  • Don't feel confined by our Italian bread crumb recipe above.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The Aces’ story isn’t confined to their dazzling dynasty in the making.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The region learned the hard way with Hurricane Irene in 2011 that damage isn't always confined to the coast.
    — David Sharp, ajc, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But Ruggs hasn’t been confined to his home and trips to court for the entire period.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 May 2023
  • The animals were confined, and the victim went inside the building.
    — Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The technology is known and it will not long be confined to armed forces and state actors.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • If there is a madness, slight or otherwise, in Kennedy’s bid, it is not confined to his hubris.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 7 July 2023
  • Move it to a cold room, confine it, put cold water on its legs and paws, set up a fan, put ice cubes in its water, and try to calm it down.
    — Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • Outside the courthouse that awaits him, the spectacle has largely been confined to the hordes of media.
    — Matt Sedensky, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • He was confined for months at a time in solitary confinement.
    — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The pandemic was a big boost for Rao’s, as people were confined to their homes and had to cook their own meals rather than eating out.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
  • For as long as humans have been around to watch it, this species has been confined to the tropical band hugging the middle of the planet.
    — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Before the march, everything was confined to the South or to people picketing stores in support of the South.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Chemists sometimes compare the size of the particle itself to a confining box.
    — David Keyton, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Video showed lava spewing from fissures at the crater’s base, but the activity was confined to the crater.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 11 Sep. 2023
  • When ads were confined to banners in the corners of websites, most of us booted up our computers to surf the web for a few hours at a time.
    — Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The men are confined up to 148 hours each week in narrow concrete cells, 4 feet wide, layers of drab-colored institutional paint chipping off the walls.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • But while Madoff's criminal case was pending, he was confined to his New York apartment on a $10 million bond that kept him out of jail while awaiting trial.
    — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024

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