Examples of jailhouse in a Sentence
received a tip from an informant inside the county jailhouse
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Rosanna Arquette is pushing back against comments that Harvey Weinstein made in a recent jailhouse interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
The defendant’s allegations against the team came to light last summer, when recordings from his jailhouse phone calls were played in court.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
He was released later that afternoon and seen jogging away from the jailhouse.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
After the coup d’état in 1980, the building reopened as a military jailhouse for political prisoners.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 20 Mar. 2026
The defendant’s allegations against the team came to light last summer, when recordings from his jailhouse phone calls were played in court.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
He was released later that afternoon and seen jogging away from the jailhouse.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
After the coup d’état in 1980, the building reopened as a military jailhouse for political prisoners.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Jailhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jailhouse. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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jailhouse
noun
jail·house
ˈjāl-ˌhau̇s 
: jail
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