Below you will find example sentences with "prison sentence". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Prison Sentence in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: prison
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.5 words

Words in this phrase

prison sentence

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • prison can mean: A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of... Frequent word
  • sentence can mean: The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

10 year prison sentence for rape 1× 14 day prison sentence for the 1× 14 month prison sentence 1× 14 year prison sentence for corruption 1× 19 year prison sentence for nothing 1× 26 week prison sentence to be 1× a short prison sentence but we 1× an immediate prison sentence when hea 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a former army 1× a vile pedophile 1× he also received 1× in a statement 1× in august 2019 1× in most countries 1×

Common sentence endings:

21 month sentence 1× 81 years old 1× a life sentence 1× about their cultures 1× aggravated assault charge 1× community service order 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

year 13× two 5× years 5× court 5× asked 3× former 3× life 3× month 3× served 3× president 3× aggravated 3× four 3×

Related phrases

life sentence suspended sentence prison system prison guards maximum sentence sentence suspended

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around prison:

prison system 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

prison guards priority task prior year print media print edition principal secretary

Just after it in the phrase index:

prison system privacy commissioner privacy law privacy laws private colleges private donations

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

prison system prison guards

Same ending:

life sentence suspended sentence maximum sentence

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "prison sentence" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 10 year prison sentence for rape, 14 day prison sentence for the, year, two and years stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with life sentence, suspended sentence, prison system and prison system, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with prison sentence

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Judge Medland invoked the custodial aspect of the sentence, constituting a 14-month prison sentence. (15 words)

The two-year prison sentence is to be served after Taylor completes the 21-month sentence. (16 words)

In most countries, a person convicted of murder generally faces a long-term prison sentence, possibly a life sentence where permitted. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

A former Army doctor from Springfield, Virginia, who’s already serving a 10-year prison sentence for rape, is now facing up to life in prison for abducting and attempting to sexually assault his wife inside the couple’s home. (40 words)

A vile pedophile and volunteer soccer coach who sexually abused seven boys has had six months shaved off his lengthy prison sentence, with a court hearing he had been attacked in jail forcing authorities to move him to another prison. (40 words)

Proposals are also being considered to double prison sentences for anyone from a “ghetto” convicted of a crime, and a four year prison sentence for parents who send their children back to their home countries to learn about their cultures. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Crown asked for a three-year prison sentence, while the defence asked the judge to consider a two-year sentence, or a conditional sentence order of two years less a day, followed by three years of supervised probation.

Mourinho gets one-year prison sentence (Yesterday) - Former Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho on Tuesday accepted a one-year suspended prison sentence, to settle his tax fraud case.

In a statement read to the court, the girl's mum said: "He may have a short prison sentence but we have a life sentence.

Judge Medland invoked the custodial aspect of the sentence, constituting a 14-month prison sentence.

The two-year prison sentence is to be served after Taylor completes the 21-month sentence.

In August 2019, President Donald Trump floated a sentence commutation for Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor who served half of his 14-year prison sentence for corruption.

They were sentenced to a prison sentence, not a death sentence," said Kimberly Muktarian, Bronson's sister and a vocal advocate in Raleigh for criminal justice reform through her non-profit Save Our Sons.

Magistrates also said this attack was racially aggravated and Eastwood was handed another 26-week prison sentence to be served consecutively to the first sentence.

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Moscow court on Monday overturned a prison sentence for actor Pavel Ustinov, giving him a one-year suspended sentence instead, in a case that has sparked protests and a major solidarity campaign.

Natrona County District Attorney Dan Itzen asked that Taylor serve a two- to four-year prison sentence for the first aggravated assault charge and a four- to six-year sentence for the second aggravated assault charge.

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal increased the prison sentence of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius to 13 years and five months in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, more than doubling the original six-year sentence.

The disgraced star’s defense also claims that the prison sentence was unjustly harsh—the standard sentence for his crime is two to three years, and Cosby is legally blind and 81 years old.

He also received a 14-day prison sentence for the offence but the sentence was quashed on appeal and replaced by a 120-hour community service order.

In most countries, a person convicted of murder generally faces a long-term prison sentence, possibly a life sentence where permitted.

A former Army doctor from Springfield, Virginia, who’s already serving a 10-year prison sentence for rape, is now facing up to life in prison for abducting and attempting to sexually assault his wife inside the couple’s home.

But if you’re Alexei Navalny, they’ll put you in prison, give you a 19-year prison sentence for nothing.

A vile pedophile and volunteer soccer coach who sexually abused seven boys has had six months shaved off his lengthy prison sentence, with a court hearing he had been attacked in jail forcing authorities to move him to another prison.

John Lefevre was previously warned that he faced an immediate prison sentence when hea appeared before Liverpool Crown Court earlier this month, via video-link from HM Prison Altcourse.

President Trump Commutes Roger Stone's Prison SentenceWatch VideoLate Friday night, President Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime.

Proposals are also being considered to double prison sentences for anyone from a “ghetto” convicted of a crime, and a four year prison sentence for parents who send their children back to their home countries to learn about their cultures.

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