Usage examples for confine:

• So do I, sir; and, as I saw the man both before and after his confinement last night, I do not think it was necessary to confine him. "The Deserter" – Charles King

• If we confine our attention to the bit of experience itself, we have no means of determining whether it is sensory or imaginary. "An Introduction to Philosophy" – George Stuart Fullerton

• He had at once determined to confine himself to a general view of the matter, and to avoid details,- which might be personal to himself. "Phineas Redux" – Anthony Trollope