juvie

Example Sentences

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We don’t need to guess the Q words, since all such solution words also have the letter U. That makes juvie our best guess.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2022

A troubled teen opts for church summer camp over a stretch in juvie in the inspirational 2021 musical romance “A Week Away.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2021

Seventeen years later, when she returns to the Hamptons as Emily, the same canine bounds up to her as if she never got sent to juvie!

From The Guardian • May 25, 2012

I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2012

“No, not jail. But they’d probably go to juvie court. And maybe they’ll learn a lesson that way.”

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio