Confines and Within

Confines

Confines noun - The line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something.
Usage example: outside the confines of the school walls

Within is an antonym for confines.

Within

Within noun - An interior or internal part.

Confines is an antonym for within.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game Flight Joust has unlimited flight (although you have to do the flapping yourself) and it's unlimited within the wraparound confines of one screen.
  • Video Game / Otherspace Translator Microbes: The living ship Comorro has a bio-psionic ability to translate various languages spoken within her confines.
  • Series / Sh15uya He has no memories, and finds that he is trapped within the borders of Shibuya by some mysterious power.He soon discovers that there are others like him who cannot leave the confines of Shibuya.
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