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Example sentences for "internment"

Lexicographically close words:
interne; internecine; interned; internes; interning; internode; internodes; internus; interoceanic; interorbital
  1. At the conclusion of peace, the expenses caused by internment shall be made good.

  2. Personally I think we ought to take stern action in regard to the internment of all Germans in this country.

  3. Some of them have been given a little plot of land close to the internment camp, where they are busy gardening in their leisure time.

  4. Vessels designated for internment shall be ready to leave German ports within seven days upon direction by wireless.

  5. Germany waives all claims against the Chinese Government or against any Allied or Associated Government arising out of the internment of German nationals in China and their repatriation.

  6. Germany waives all claims against the Siamese Government on behalf of herself or her nationals arising out of the seizure or condemnation of German ships, the liquidation of German property, or the internment of German nationals in Siam.

  7. I protest against these internment orders because whether any promises have been made or not every order of internment is a violation of natural justice and an outrage on humanity.

  8. Every order of internment is a protest against the redemption of that promise and the fulfilment of that hope.

  9. With the internment of Mrs. Annie Besant it sounded a new note--a note inspired by an ardent love of humanity.

  10. The word internment is to include all civilians who, whatever the cause or date of their commitment, are or have been detained in any place of internment against their will.

  11. Internment in Switzerland, man for man, regardless of rank, for sub-officers in captivity at least eighteen months and not included in the foregoing categories.

  12. In the repatriation and internment of prisoners under Articles 1-5 only men in sound health are to be counted.

  13. Interned civilians will also be gratuitously sent home as soon as possible, in so far as they do not wish to remain in the country of their internment or go elsewhere.

  14. The order of priority for repatriation and internment shall be determined by priority of captivity and by equal duration of imprisonment after considering age.

  15. A British merchant Captain, who was released in May from internment in a German camp, asserted under oath that after his ship was torpedoed he was locked up for twenty-four hours in the U-boat for refusing to answer questions.

  16. Such disquiet as there was showed itself in a revival of the fear of espionage, which was met by the internment of a number of Germans and Austrians (Oct.

  17. It was used as a place of internment for deportees from Egypt.

  18. The internment of alien enemies was preliminary to a sifting process.

  19. Internment in a city of refuge was a sober and judicial proceeding.

  20. The jurisdiction of the Minor Sanhedrins extended to nearly all criminal cases involving imprisonment or seclusion for life, internment in a city of refuge, and capital punishment.

  21. Thousands of Czech citizens have simply been seized and placed in internment camps on the ground that their political opinions are dangerous to the existence of Austria.

  22. Thousands of them emerged from prison or internment camps reduced to mere skeletons by the systematic lack of food.

  23. They were conveyed from their homes to internment camps in filthy cattle trucks and were cruelly ill-treated with a strange persistence.

  24. In March, 1915, he was transferred to the internment camp at Göllersdorf, in Lower Austria.

  25. As soon as I arrived at the station of internment I requested the Command to be admitted as a voluntary into the Serbian army.

  26. Four days after my internment I succeeded in sliding away, so that on the Christmas Eve I was again in Dalmatia.

  27. However, two members of the town council thought that it was a waste of money; but when they were threatened with internment in Sardinia they withdrew their active opposition, and the delegate set out.

  28. So far as we have any record, cases of this nature which have arisen under the Espionage act have been terminated by the internment of the accused, without imprisonment.

  29. Now I think it will be admitted that the purpose of internment is not punitive, but preventive.

  30. The mere fact of expulsion or internment was a matter of ordinary prudence, and the Germans were unquestionably right in taking no chances in the matter of espionage.

  31. The hilarious farce of internment and of exemption a few weeks later must no longer continue.

  32. More than one German prisoner has escaped from our internment camps under circumstances which suggest very strongly that he has received help from people outside.

  33. They change their names from Cherman to English now, but soon they shall lift their heads and it shall be the Americans who shall know the dead-lines, the licenses, the internment camps.

  34. Everywhere is dead-lines and permissions and internment camps and persecutions, and all who are not in prison are afraid.

  35. A once-loved prince of German blood had been frozen out of the navy, and the internment camps were growing like boom towns.

  36. Belev had ordered the internment of the "influential Jews" in several cities.

  37. No Frenchman can remain unmoved in view of the events occurring since August 2nd, in concentration and internment camps.

  38. Illustration: Teuton (released after internment for the duration, to old business friend who is trying to avoid him).

  39. Generally speaking, the internment in the Stadtvogtei was no worse than the internment in Ruhleben camp.

  40. Formerly, the internment side and the military side had been under different commanders.

  41. Communication between prisoners of war in different places of internment was prohibited.

  42. In the beginning of our internment hopes of a speedy exchange to England ran high, and so did rumors concerning it.

  43. Government had investigated his activities; Government had found nothing for which to order his internment as an enemy alien.

  44. Nor did they reveal themselves to him until he had become too prosperous to denounce them and risk investigation and internment under the counter-accusations with which they coolly threatened him.

  45. I am not allowed to tell more, but it is certain that the unwarranted internment of one of the best and most honorable men I ever met ended only with the armistice.

  46. One of the clauses of this agreement stipulated that all prisoners who had attempted to escape, and as a consequence were actually confined in prison, should be immediately returned to the respective internment camps.

  47. I had been under the impression that I was to be conducted to Ruhleben, the internment camp for civilians.

  48. One day he was informed that he was to leave the jail for a French officers’ internment camp.

  49. Madame Marteau was taken to an internment camp reserved for women, and the professor was removed to the Stadtvogtei.

  50. Here were confined English prisoners who escaped from the internment camp of Ruhleben, and were recaptured on their way to Holland or Switzerland.

  51. Ruhleben is the internment camp for civilians of British nationality.

  52. The only place you can be safe is an English internment camp.

  53. The entry of the German ships into Scapa Flow for internment towards the end of the month was a memorable sight, which will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed it.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "internment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    captivity; detention; duress; imprisonment; incarceration; jailing