juvie

Example Sentences

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“I’m from St. Louis. I ain’t ever been to juvie a day in my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Creed begins in 1998, when Adonis Creed is an adolescent in juvie with a natural talent for taking on kids twice his size.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

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

I think of Ford in juvie, and I feel nauseous.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle