Examples of jail in a Sentence
threatened to jail the punks if they so much as jaywalked
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Zabel and Bradshaw were both briefly jailed on June 8, while Enderle was given a citation.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
During their separation, he also was arrested and jailed in Costa Rica for attempting to board a flight with a firearm.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
The 36-year-old was jailed for most of his life.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 4 June 2026
If others remain jailed, Lukashenko keeps something to trade later.
—Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
During their separation, he also was arrested and jailed in Costa Rica for attempting to board a flight with a firearm.
—ABC News, 9 June 2026
The 36-year-old was jailed for most of his life.
—Marianne Love, Daily News, 4 June 2026
If others remain jailed, Lukashenko keeps something to trade later.
—Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
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“Jail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jail. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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jail
noun
: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
specifically
: such a place under the jurisdiction of a local government (as a county) for the confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes compare house of correction, house of detention, lockup, penitentiary, prison
jail
transitive verb
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