mental institution
Example Sentences
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Her sister commits her to a mental institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
When he was 10, Jones’ mother was committed to a mental institution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024
According to the Washington Post, “Schrank died in a mental institution in 1943.”
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024
She was incarcerated for six years, most of which she spent in prison and some of which she spent in a mental institution and in exile in a Siberian penal colony.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Unfortunately, Germany was also the land of Leopold Kronecker, the mathematician who would hound Cantor into a mental institution.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
