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
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
The trial now moves into a second phase to determine whether Schabusiness was mentally ill and should be sent to a mental institution or should go to prison.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
Moni is confined to a mental institution in Calcutta.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
