Confine is an English word with synonyms like restrain or hold. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Confine in a sentence
Related words
Confine meaning
- To have a common boundary with; to border on.
- To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
Synonyms of Confine
Using Confine
- The main meaning on this page is: To have a common boundary with; to border on. | To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
- Useful related words include: restrain, hold, limit, hold in.
- In the example corpus, confine often appears in combinations such as: to confine, confine your, confine the.
Context around Confine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 15 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confine
- In this selection, "confine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cannot, prisons, worker, itself, themselves and punish stand out and add context to how "confine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include wants to confine the negotiations and able to confine their out. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confine" sits close to words such as abiola, afterthought and avatars, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Confine your duels to the lists. (6 words)
They want to confine themselves in that one pedestrian overpass? (10 words)
You don’t need to confine reading to books alone. (10 words)
Egyptian officials said Hamas has agreed to the main terms of such an agreement as a first stage but wants commitments that it will lead to an eventual more permanent ceasefire, while Israel wants to confine the negotiations to the more limited agreement. (43 words)
In a context where we know very little about the real risks, the business model, or the applications of generative AI, European law should confine itself to stating broad principles in a risk-based approach. (35 words)
Fans of The Curse of Oak Island will find it no surprise that brothers Marty and Rick Lagina have decided not to confine their treasure hunting skills just to one small island. (32 words)
They want to confine themselves in that one pedestrian overpass? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
In a context where we know very little about the real risks, the business model, or the applications of generative AI, European law should confine itself to stating broad principles in a risk-based approach.
Rather than providing adequate health care, jails and prisons confine, punish and control.
Arbitrary boundaries or preconceived limitations do not confine the notion of professional pivoting.
Attempting to mix the modern with the traditional, State of the Art doesn’t confine itself within the musical framework, instead aiming to fold in both visual art and symposium events.
Egyptian officials said Hamas has agreed to the main terms of such an agreement as a first stage but wants commitments that it will lead to an eventual more permanent ceasefire, while Israel wants to confine the negotiations to the more limited agreement.
If you’re a remote worker, confine work to a specific area of your home so your job doesn’t intrude into the lives of other household members.
Professor JamesHegarty said that the West cannot confine India into a single narrative.
The same year, the Supreme Court’s O’Connor v. Donaldson ruling decreed states cannot confine a nondangerous individual who can survive on his own.
They say Israel wants to confine the negotiations to the more limited agreement.
They want to confine themselves in that one pedestrian overpass?
You don’t need to confine reading to books alone.
But some protesters said they were left "running for our lives" when officers apparently attempted to confine them in a small area Saturday night.
China was able to confine their out-- their epidemic largely to Wuhan.
Confine healthy people, restrict business, close schools…kills people, destroys families, sacrifices kids.
Confine your duels to the lists.
Earlier this month, the Zilla Parishad (ZP) had decided to confine men accused of domestic violence into institutional quarantine centres.
Fans of The Curse of Oak Island will find it no surprise that brothers Marty and Rick Lagina have decided not to confine their treasure hunting skills just to one small island.
The African private sector also emphasised the importance of addressing subsidises and state-aid in developed economies which continue to confine Africa to the bottom of global value chains.
This suggests that the way forward may be in reducing hunting to an extent without trying to confine the cat indoors all the time.
University spokesman Michael Hotchkiss said Monday more than 100 undergraduate and graduate students have done so and are required to confine themselves for 14 days following their last time in China.
Common combinations with confine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: