confined in the PONS Dictionary

confined Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he was confined to the house
bio je zatvoren u kući
to be confined to quarters MIL
biti u vojnom pritvoru

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Until then flats had been confined to short-term unsaleable tenancies, with varying degrees of statutory rent protection and security of tenure.
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The questioning of theism was not confined to abstract concerns in philosophy, but also developed as modern historical consciousness dawned.
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He is estranged from his son, whom he confined to a mental hospital.
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Wooded areas are confined to the northwest and northeast of the plateau.
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Frequent bouts of illness, however, kept him confined to bed until the following spring.
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The poor creature is confined in small bamboo cages and fattened like a goose on plentiful portions.
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Overruling was properly confined to those rare cases where specific legal rules had proved to be unworkable, or where to continue to apply them would perpetuate injustice.
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At the end he was swathed in so many bandages as to be unrecognizable, and confined temporarily to a wheelchair.
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He died in 2008, aged 83, having been confined to bed for a few months following a heart attack and a stroke.
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Official propaganda confined the role of women to family care and motherhood.
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