mental institution

Example Sentences

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He escaped from a mental institution, settled in Southern California, and began falsely claiming that he was a rabbi, a doctor and Albert Einstein’s nephew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

When he was 10, Jones’ mother was committed to a mental institution.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

Dot does that many times over throughout the season, even slipping free of the mental institution where Lorraine tries to have her committed against her will.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2024

Alli Birrenkott is one of dozens of people who discovered family members in the recently released death records for Northern State Hospital, Washington’s abandoned mental institution.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

And for the first time, she learned that her sister had been committed to a mental institution called Crownsville.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot