Wondering how to use Confined in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as unfree or unconfined.
Confined meaning
- Not free to move.
- Limited; narrow; restricted.
- In a childbed.
Synonyms of Confined
Using Confined
- The main meaning on this page is: Not free to move. | Limited; narrow; restricted. | In a childbed.
- Useful related words include: unfree, unconfined, restricted, weather-bound.
- In the example corpus, confined often appears in combinations such as: confined to, not confined, was confined.
Context around Confined
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Confined
- In this selection, "confined" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mostly, becoming, subsequently, space, merely and places stand out and add context to how "confined" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being confined to an and and subsequently confined to envisioning. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "confined" sits close to words such as consuming, gameplay and ibm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with confined
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But GFS' vision wasn't confined to the present. (9 words)
But the tensions over race were not confined to the South. (11 words)
But business is still slow at some smaller, confined places such as restaurants, owners said. (15 words)
Hezbollah began attacking Israel almost immediately after the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7. There have been near daily exchanges of fire, though most of the strikes are confined to an area within a few mostly confined to the area around the border. (44 words)
A senior officer with Wexford fire services has said that the damage to the hospital is “medium to small”, the fire was “not large” and had been confined to a small area in a plant room on the roof of the building. (42 words)
But the forecasters said the light icing will be generally confined to higher terrains of the interior, northern part of the state, such as the Worcester Hills and the northern Berkshires, since most of the region will remain above freezing. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Hezbollah began attacking Israel almost immediately after the Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7. There have been near daily exchanges of fire, though most of the strikes are confined to an area within a few mostly confined to the area around the border.
In December, a woman diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder and confined was confined to a windowless room for at least 15 years by her parents froze to death in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture.
Adams was issued a total bond of $75,000 and was confined at the time of this report.
After defeating the variant, Daryl is forced to fight alongside Quinn (Adam Nagaitis) against four variants in a confined space.
Alberta’s highest court is being asked to overturn a review board decision on the stabbing deaths of five young people at a Calgary house party that confined a man to a supervised Edmonton group home.
Although China has been attacked several times inside Pakistan and the latter continues to beef up security for Chinese personnel and projects, Beijing’s own (highly questionable) anti-terror efforts are confined to the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region.
An executive lens is a bifocal that goes across all of the lens area and is not confined to a small box or area.
A pit stop will give you a chance to relieve stress and move around a bit after being confined to an uncomfortable seat.
A senior officer with Wexford fire services has said that the damage to the hospital is “medium to small”, the fire was “not large” and had been confined to a small area in a plant room on the roof of the building.
As Hafsteinn looks ahead, he expresses a desire to avoid becoming confined to a particular style or genre.
At this, Justice Sultan Tavnir asked whether that assurance was confined merely to the 102 arrested people.
Before Barbie, young girls were largely limited to playing with baby dolls and subsequently confined to envisioning their futures as mothers.
Both are prosecuting Trump over his efforts to subvert the election, with Willis’ case being confined to Georgia.
Both instances seem confined to passages in individual books written by the gentlemen, as opposed to the sum total of her miniscule output being in question, as it is in Dr Gay’s case.
But business is still slow at some smaller, confined places such as restaurants, owners said.
But GFS' vision wasn't confined to the present.
But if the 2TB limit of the drives above has you feeling too confined, the T7 Shield 4TB is a good option.
But the forecasters said the light icing will be generally confined to higher terrains of the interior, northern part of the state, such as the Worcester Hills and the northern Berkshires, since most of the region will remain above freezing.
But the tensions over race were not confined to the South.
Candida auris cases were initially confined to the New York City and Chicago areas, but they’ve now spread to over half of US states.
Common combinations with confined
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- confined to 135×
- not confined 24×
- was confined 17×
- be confined 15×
- confined space 12×
- in confined 10×
- being confined 9×
- confined in 9×
- is confined 9×
- been confined 7×