Editorial »

How to use the word confined in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

72 results found

While freon can be toxic if inhaled in large quantities or in a confined space, the release of freon into the atmosphere is not expected to pose any health and safety risks to the public.

The Coast Guard

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ethical governance in practice is still confined to traditional medical, scientific, as well as educational, establishments. The new measures fail to directly address how privately funded research and other … ventures will be monitored.

Joy Zhang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You can have regional variants that do very well in a region that sort of stay confined to that region.

Wesley Long

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We will be faced with such events over and over, and that means we need to speed up climate protection measures, on European, federal and global levels, because climate change isn't confined to one state.

Armin Laschet

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The floods have literally pulled the rug from under people's feet, we will be faced with such events over and over, and that means we need to speed up climate protection measures, on European, federal and global levels, because climate change isn't confined to one state.

Armin Laschet

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have [vaccinated] quite a few that are blind, quite a few are bed-ridden. Many are confined to like a wheelchairand they need a cane to walk.

Adela Ames-Lopez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Even if disclosure is confined to the grand jury and prosecutors.

William Consovoy

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Portland is not a city under siege. Today, I went to a Starbucks downtown, ate lunch at one of the city's famous downtown food trucks, and bought a new pair of shoes at the mall. As I write this, I'm looking out of my hotel room at a bike tour riding by outside on the downtown street, to be sure, there have been protests -- peaceful during the daytime, and some turning violent at night -- for over 90 days, but the rioting has largely been confined to one city block downtown near the federal courthouse. Last night, protesters showed up at a police precinct a few miles from downtown and were dispersed by police after some protesters started throwing eggs and rocks at police cars. There has been periodic, localized violence, but nothing widespread.

Josh Campbell

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Just as you wouldn't have a press conference from a jail cell, you shouldn't be able to have a press conference from your home. You can communicate, you can discuss, you can post on social media, judge Alvin Hellerstein can't make a person confined in jail or at home into a totally free person. There's got to be a limit.

Alvin Hellerstein

Found on CNN
3 years ago

People have forgotten how to treat other human beings in the six or seven weeks that they've been confined to their homes, they have no clue how to respect other human beings.

Mark Lawrence

Found on CNN
3 years ago

No particular business has been singled out, but businesses where the patrons would be at risk to be confined and whether it would perhaps be more than 10 people, we made the decision to close them.

Ralph Northam

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The Covid-19 pandemic has only intensified the misery of the Rohingya confined in Myanmar and in camps in Bangladesh, the Malaysian government can both protect against the spread of the virus and ensure that those risking their lives at sea are rescued and given a chance to seek asylum.

Phil Robertson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I would have preferred to wait 15 more days confined to home or at least one more week and then come back.

Carlos Mogorron

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This good work cant stop here, though. It is critical that we further open opportunities for those on private insurance to see medical professionals including nurses and physicians assistantsto practice telemedicine without being confined to the borders of their own state, if we want to flatten the curve, its going to take all hands on deck.

Josh Archambault

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We are a little nervous about it. We knew it was a possibility, we came prepared with two weeks of extra medication and my laptop so that I could work if we were confined.

Mark Pace

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Mark Pace and his wife are a little nervous about it. Mark Pace and his wife knew it was a possibility. Mark Pace and his wife came prepared with two weeks of extra medication and my laptop so that I could work if Mark Pace and his wife were confined.

Mark Pace

Found on CNN
4 years ago

However, as the epidemic extends into February, the gathering of China's entire political elite in a confined Great Hall of the People for over a week looks quite dangerous.

Chucheng Feng

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The idea that the Natives must all be removed and confined in their own kraals is in my opinion the greatest nonsense I have ever heard.

Jan Smuts

added by acronimous
4 years ago

It is further proof that refugee movements and the broader issue of migration of populations ... is a global challenge that cannot be confined to a few countries.

Filippo Grandi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The importance of deterrence isn't confined to Iran, in all cases, we must deter foes to defend freedom. That's the whole point of President Trump's work to make our military the strongest it's ever been.

State Mike Pompeo on Monday

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's nonsense. It's just going to prolong the agony and prolong the suffering, there is no integrity in horse racing. These animals are confined 23 hours a day. They are whipped, they are drugged, they are forced to train at 18 months and they are racing them at two years of age.

Heather Wilson

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If the council votes in favor of this plan today, it will be a vote against the best interests of the constituents who elected us, it will also be against the best interests of detainees and corrections officers who will continue to endure the same situations in even more confined vertical spaces.

Robert Holden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Given the scale of our operations, I see no reason why we should be confined to Airbus, that is not healthy. There [ should be ] competition between aircraft manufacturers.

Willie Walsh

Found on CNN
4 years ago

According to The GBGB, roughly a quarter of the dogs were given new homes and 60 percent were taken into a greyhound charity. Trudy Baker, coordinator of Greyt Exploitations, a nonprofit aimed to protect greyhounds, says even when the dogs were retired, they stayed in a dangerous environment. VOLUNTEERS WORK TO RESCUE MORE THAN 500 GREYHOUNDS SET FOR CHINESE MEAT MARKET The truth is hundreds of dogs listed as retired by The GBGB still remain in a commercial environment, confined to trainers kennels that have failed to comply with an agreed British Standard Institute specification, either used for breeding, forced to routinely donate blood or simply awaiting rehoming, Trudy Baker said.No amount of ineffective window dressing welfare commitments will address the suffering and deaths of thousands of dogs racing on dangerously configured tracks. Mark Bird, the managing director at The GBGB, says the industry needs increased and sustained funding to allow welfare programs to flourish for the greyhounds. For others, transparency is key to helping the greyhounds. Transparency is key to understanding how we can improve welfare standards... We want more greyhounds to find new homes and to enjoy a healthy retirement when they leave the sport.

David Rutley

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for confined? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Word of the Day

    Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

    Please enter your email address:



    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
    A gauge
    B trigger
    C relocation
    D aerial