confine

[kənˈfaɪn]

Definition:
1. Place limits on (extent or access).
2. Prevent from leaving or from being removed.
3. Close in or confine.
4. Deprive of freedom; take into confinement.

Use 'confine' in a sentence:

1. Increasing frailty meant that she was more and more confined to bed.
2. The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.
3. Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business.
4. Confine SFTP users to their own home directories by using Chroot SSHD.
5. In this article, we confine ourselves to 2d plots, since they are the most common.
6. He had been confined to a wheelchair since childhood.
7. I will confine myself to looking at the period from 1900 to 1916.
8. Confine the use of insecticides to the evening and do not spray plants that are in flower.
9. Judges may be trained to confine themselves to the legally relevant facts before them.
10. She eventually used a cane, then a walker, and finally was confined to the house.
11. The work will not be confined to the Glasgow area.
12. Spillover damage from the building's demolition was confined to some broken glass.
13. McGregor must remain confined, on the basis of the medical reports we have received.
14. He promised to confine his group to the left side of the river for the rest of the day.
15. Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage.
16. Let us confine ourselves to prayer, when we think that a danger is approaching us.
17. There are more, but I'll confine my examples to these fields to keep them readable.
18. They're manacles that confine the vulnerable and tender flesh of the body.
19. A multiline insurance company insures many different kinds of things and doesn't confine itself to one thing.
20. We cannot in a way confine ourself that these are the ultimate dates that we may arrive to a final conclusion.
21. Our forecasts are coming out next week, so I will confine myself today to broad trends.
22. The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.
23. Sitcoms, for instance, usually confine all of their action to less than three recurring locations.
24. It is sad to see a county confine its activities to undignified public bickering.
25. Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
26. He was confined to a wheelchair after the accident.
27. We'll confine our discussion to the main issue.
28. Don't confine yourself, go explore.
29. The woman will be confined to a mental institution.
30. The only restriction placed upon him was that he must confine himself to the United States.
31. Confine code line lengths to 90 characters, INCLUDING blank Spaces.
32. We will confine ourselves to saying that the love of Fantine was a first love, a sole love, a faithful love.
33. A mysterious illness confined him to bed for over a month.
34. A unique, free spirit in charge of her own destiny. completely immune to the forces that attempt to confine her.
35. He's been confined to a wheelchair since the accident.
36. In the U.K., Murdoch did not confine himself to tabloids.
37. I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
38. It's a good practice to use the as much as possible to confine untrusted external contents.
39. But diapers may trap more than waste-they may also confine a baby's ability to walk.
40. It is cruel to keep animals in confined spaces.
41. Risk does not, of course, confine itself only to the troubled bits of the globe.
42. The problem is not confined to Germany.
43. He announced that the army and police had been confined to barracks.
44. But if I would confine myself just to stocks and bonds, then I would get a much higher standard deviation.
45. They say that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity. There's no reason for humans to confine machines to the same fate.
46. Damage was confined to a small portion of the castle.
47. His genius was not confined to the decoration of buildings.
48. It is beyond the confines of human knowledge.
49. He did not confine himself to the one language.
50. His long legs bent up in the confined space.
51. Here the river is confined in a narrow channel.
52. As usual, he confined his comments to generalities.
53. Virtue is not confined to the Christian world.