Jail means: A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a pla... Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Jail in practice.
Jail in a sentence
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Jail meaning
- A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- Confinement in a jail.
- The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
Synonyms of Jail
Example sentences (20)
Smith is currently in the Guilford County Jail without bond and will be transferred to the Cumberland County Jail.
Changes In Place At Fairfield County Jail Post-EscapeFairfield Co. Sheriff Says New $35M Downtown Jail More SecureW.
Arrested and sent to jail, he, in 2017, met Himanshu in Rohtak jail and then, came in contact of his other associates.
Provisions of the jail manuals have been violated by allowing animal sacrifices in the bungalow converted into a jail.
The site of the former jail where the murders took place in Randolph County, Mo. The jail is now a family home.
NWT was way ahead and no hotel jail. we wouldn’t leave and come back without the hotel jail unless vaccinated.
Nurse Tamika Miller was being held in the Miami-Dade County jail on unspecified charges, according to the jail’s website.
The three suspects in the Routt County Jail, charged with first degree murder, are staying in jail for now.
At that jail, they were unable to provide me medical so they sent me off to Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Virginia.
While Chanda Kochhar is lodged in Byculla women’s jail, and Dhoot are lodged in the Arthur Road jail.
The ranking compared deaths to average daily jail populations – a widely used and accepted method for analyzing jail death rates.
Jeffrey Epstein found injured in jail cell: Epstein, who is charged with federal sex trafficking, was injured in jail last night.
Smith was extradited from the Adams County Jail and is currently being held at the Pike County Jail.
Carole also wants the jail to start releasing low-level offenders to clear space, similar to what the Spokane County Jail is doing.
He was taken to the Union County Jail and held without bond while serving his remaining jail time.
Initially, I was lodged in Visakhapatnam jail and later shifted to Musheerabad jail in Hyderabad.
Detainees at the Cook County Jail pray during a Christmas Day mass at the jail on Dec. 25, 2023.
Jail records show William Cody Grimes, 29, of 204 Nelms Ave. in Rural Retreat, was committed to jail Tuesday — 10 days after being shot.
Sentenced to local jail 4 months and 15 days-concurrent (63 days jail credit) and fined $828.
His family stayed outside the jail for easy access and two of his aides were also in jail after they were booked in some cases, Dhoke said.
Phrases with jail
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Common combinations with jail
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the jail 48×
- county jail 46×
- in jail 42×
- to jail 25×
- jail and 23×
- jail in 17×
- jail for 16×
- jail term 15×
- jail on 14×
- of jail 10×
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