Inmate means: A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient). Related words include resident or prisoner. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Inmate in practice.

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Inmate in a sentence

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Inmate meaning

  1. A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
  2. A person who shares a residence (such as a hotel guest, a lodger, or a student living on campus), or other place.
  3. Synonym of passenger, a person held or riding within a vehicle.

Synonyms of Inmate

resident prisoner yardbird yard bird gaolbird jailbird jail bird con convict outpatient patient inpatient occupier occupant captive

Example sentences (20)

A prison support worker has been found guilty of misconduct after fabricating welfare checks on a vulnerable inmate.

A committee of the state House of Representatives subpoenaed the inmate to testify about the case in the legislature.

Megan Woodham used her job to conceal the shipments of drugs, which she then handed over to inmate Daniel Doran.

Texas in 2021 agreed spiritual advisers could be present — but they couldn’t touch the inmate or even speak with them.

Earley was an inmate at the category D open prison on Arley Road in Appleton Thorn when he was granted temporary release.

Even more heartwarming for Anne and Margot was the news — from a new inmate — that their mother had escaped being gassed.

Lilly Jacob was an Auschwitz inmate who was the only member of her immediate family to survive the Holocaust.

To allow “those in power” to “dangle” parole in front of the inmate in exchange for their vote is corruption.

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While Ms. Kendrick fought back against (the inmate’s) attack, two deputies intervened to break his chokehold on her neck.

It’s a long process, the inmate needs to write a letter, and then if they sign off, Stacey will have access to their file.

Masukela faces two counts of fraud, arson, assisting an inmate to escape, and defeating the ends of justice.

From the time of his initial arrest until his release in February 2003, he spent another 15 years of his life as an inmate.

Doctors say the device can put the inmate in a physical position that restricts breathing and lead to positional asphyxiation.

He was accused of mailing multiple doses of a drug used to treat opioid addiction to an inmate at the Stillwater State Prison.

This inmate had to be negotiated down from a handrail he climbed whilst being escorted back to his cell.

Volz and Romero are looking to tie the knot while behind bars in an apparent effort to share a cell, an inmate told the outlet.

According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the officer was stabbed in the head by an inmate on Thursday morning.

In the prison chapel, Wendy Bryn Harmer (at the keyboard) warms up the inmate participants, including Bartholomew Crawford, front.

According to a fellow inmate, Ms. Hamedi keeps busy with yoga, meditation and running, an activity she used to do with her husband.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied the inmate’s final appeal for a stay of execution earlier in the day.

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Common combinations with inmate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • an inmate 57×
  • the inmate 45×
  • inmate at 21×
  • another inmate 13×
  • inmate who 12×
  • inmate was 11×
  • inmate in 10×
  • inmate to
  • row inmate
  • inmate is

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "inmate" in a sentence?
An example: "A prison support worker has been found guilty of misconduct after fabricating welfare checks on a vulnerable inmate." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "inmate" from real English texts.
What does "inmate" mean?
Inmate means: A person confined to an institution such as a prison (as a convict) or hospital (as a patient).
What are synonyms of "inmate"?
Common synonyms of "inmate" include: resident, prisoner, yardbird, yard bird, gaolbird, jailbird, jail bird, con. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "inmate" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "inmate", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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