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
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
He has been at a mental institution ever since.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
