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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prison .
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Examples
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So they beat drums and cymbals and, doffing the weed of mourning, they donned the gay garb of gladness and decorated the streets and markets; whilst the folk vied with one another who should be the first to give the King joy, and the King proclaimed a general pardon and opening the prisons, released those who were therein prisoned.
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"Nay, Melissa -- hear me!" he cried, and, forgetful of friar and gaping outlaws, he clasped her fast 'prisoned 'gainst his heart.
The Geste of Duke Jocelyn Jeffery Farnol 1915
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~take the prisoned soul~, _i. e._ would take the soul prisoner; 'prisoned' being used proleptically.
Milton's Comus John Milton 1641
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He abruptly drew his chair close, till his knees touched hers, and, leaning forward, quickly but gently prisoned her hands in his resting on her knees.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
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Wan spirit of a prisoned soul a-panting to be free!
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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Isolde stopped, trying again to imagine warmth flowing from her to Trystan, trying with every part of her will, with every fiber in her body, to speak to him through the tiny channel that had opened between them before, to where she could still feel him lying, prisoned in the cold and the dark.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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The shoes prisoned his toes: big, clumsy platforms of foamed material that would flatten on impact so that the bones of his feet would not likewise flatten.
I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010
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The fire and smoke wandered up, until they flattened on a moving opal dome, that prisoned all the noises in the world.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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Isolde stopped, trying again to imagine warmth flowing from her to Trystan, trying with every part of her will, with every fiber in her body, to speak to him through the tiny channel that had opened between them before, to where she could still feel him lying, prisoned in the cold and the dark.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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Isolde stopped, trying again to imagine warmth flowing from her to Trystan, trying with every part of her will, with every fiber in her body, to speak to him through the tiny channel that had opened between them before, to where she could still feel him lying, prisoned in the cold and the dark.
Dark Moon of Avalon Anna Elliott 2010
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