jail

Example Sentences

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In jail, “he lives like a celibate saint,” said Bishnoi’s cousin, speaking from the family’s village.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

Patel was held in jail from the crash in January 2023 until he was granted entry into the mental health diversion program in August 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

If you or I were. to disrupt a major city’s traffic to perform a wedding, we would go to jail.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2026

In many other cases, the courts handed out jail terms or suspended death sentences, which get commuted to life imprisonment after a specified duration.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2026

Every family, it seemed, had someone in jail, in a work camp, or in hiding.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom