prison
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,487 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 12,278 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment also: prison house
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement also: prison house
prison in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Prince implored and obtained his father’s pardon, and the prison doors were opened.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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This place is thought by some to be the prison of uncleane soules, etc.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques — Volume 01 · Richard Hakluyt · Chapter 1
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Gyges, the son of Croesus, the man you give yourself out for, is in prison and is to be executed to-day.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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The ugly daughter had immediately peeked through the key-hole of the prison, and fallen in love with Florizel at first sight.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1
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The winds howled, and blew the snow wildly about our prison house, but they were powerless to distress us any more.
Sketches New and Old, Part 7. · Mark Twain · Chapter 1