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Examples of confines
confines
For the longest time, my world did not exist beyond the confines of my own mind.
From the ocregister.com
Is it bound by the confines of our skull or does it lurk nearby, non-physically?
From the newscientist.com
Even in his own tongue, he largely confines himself to such decorous platitudes.
From the independent.co.uk
The only jobs created by this committee are within the confines of Capitol Hill.
From the washingtontimes.com
It's not something Jackson stresses within the confines of the triangle offense.
From the dailynews.com
Yet all these helpful innovations have emanated from outside Twitter's confines.
From the businessweek.com
Sure, it's a genre movie, but that doesn't mean it confines itself to one genre.
From the timesunion.com
The men's stories also reveal the emotional confines they imposed on themselves.
From the dispatch.com
Even they seek and find God in the sterile confines of their 9-to-5 obligations.
From the denverpost.com
- A bounded scope; "he stayed within the confines of the city"
- (confine) restrict: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- (confine) limit: restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
- (confine) prevent from leaving or from being removed
- (confine) enclose: close in; darkness enclosed him"
- (confine) deprive of freedom; take into confinement
- (confine) restrain: to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists ...
- Confines is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.
- Confine is a village located in San Marino. It belongs to the municipality (castello) of Chiesanuova. Its name, in Italian language, means "border".
