And to my silence as to the causes of her claustration, was it not comprehensible that she should correspond with a similar and constant silence as to her perpetual desires, her innumerable memories and hopes?. From Wordnik.com. [The Sweet Cheat Gone] Reference
I was less sad than usual because the melancholy of her expression, the sort of claustration which the startling hue of her gown set between her and the rest of the world, made her seem somehow lonely and unhappy, and this comforted me. From Wordnik.com. [The Guermantes Way] Reference
Marriage with Fyne was certainly a change but only to another kind of claustration. From Wordnik.com. [Chance A Tale in Two Parts] Reference
So, given the nineteenth century, we are opposed, as a general proposition, and among all peoples, in Asia as well as in Europe, in India as well as in Turkey, to ascetic claustration. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
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