Sentence examples for was contained for from inspiring English sources

It was originally identified seventy years ago, in monkeys in Uganda's Zika Forest, and was contained for decades to a narrow equatorial belt in Africa.

Howard, the Magic's primary offensive threat, was contained for long stretches and still finished with a double-double (17 points, 10 rebounds).

It is in this license that the whole significance of the master of arts degree was contained; for admission to that degree was the receiving of the chancellor's permission to "incept," and by "inception" was implied the master's formal entrance upon the functions of a duly licensed teacher and his recognition as such by his brethren in the profession.

Their advance was contained for some decades after the Britons' victory at the Battle of Mount Badon, but subsequently resumed, over-running the fertile lowlands of Britain and reducing the area under Brythonic control to a series of separate enclaves in the more rugged country to the west by the end of the 6th century.

"It wasn't anything he did," Martin said of Pierce, who had been contained for three quarters.

Sudden and deadly though it is, ebola can be contained, for three reasons.

The disease might not be contained for 18 months and could infect hundreds of thousands of people, epidemiologists mapping its spread for the US told the New York Times.

The towering centre-forward struck a post with a diving header from Kimmich's cross but could not be contained for long.

As for the ruptured reservoir wall, disaster management officials said that other cracks appeared to be contained for the moment.

Financial contagion may have been contained for now by the European Central Bank, but political contagion is a growing risk.

They may also serve as a medium in which food is contained, for example, the velouté sauce of creamed chicken.