Examples of serve time in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
These kids need to serve time to the fullest extent that the law allows.
—
Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
The series follows her from her days as a young models and an early female stockbroker on Wall Street to her run as a popular Connecticut caterer who built a home-arts media empire, then had to serve time in prison after accusations of insider trading.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
That means van der Sloot is scheduled to be released from Peruvian prison in 2045 and likely won’t return to the US to serve time for the federal charges after serving both sentences together.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
According to a campaign spokesman, Trump donors are lining up in substantial numbers to serve time in prison for him.
—Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
Kelly’s attorneys are appealing both the New York and Chicago convictions while their client continues to serve time at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where has been incarcerated since 2019.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
Todd Chrisley, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison with three years of supervised release, has been assigned to serve time at FPC Pensacola, a minimum-security facility in Pensacola, Florida.
—Alta Spells, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
The Cleveland Street of the Dickensian age, Dr. Richardson learned, was decidedly down-market, blighted by the workhouse and offering affordable rents to people like Dickens’s father, who would serve time in a debtors’ prison; a row of a shopkeepers; and more than a few prostitutes.
—New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
Two other defendants will serve time as well, with the first sentenced to four years and four months in prison under the Juvenile Criminal Code.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
The series follows her from her days as a young models and an early female stockbroker on Wall Street to her run as a popular Connecticut caterer who built a home-arts media empire, then had to serve time in prison after accusations of insider trading.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
That means van der Sloot is scheduled to be released from Peruvian prison in 2045 and likely won’t return to the US to serve time for the federal charges after serving both sentences together.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
According to a campaign spokesman, Trump donors are lining up in substantial numbers to serve time in prison for him.
—Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
Kelly’s attorneys are appealing both the New York and Chicago convictions while their client continues to serve time at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where has been incarcerated since 2019.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
Todd Chrisley, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison with three years of supervised release, has been assigned to serve time at FPC Pensacola, a minimum-security facility in Pensacola, Florida.
—Alta Spells, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
The Cleveland Street of the Dickensian age, Dr. Richardson learned, was decidedly down-market, blighted by the workhouse and offering affordable rents to people like Dickens’s father, who would serve time in a debtors’ prison; a row of a shopkeepers; and more than a few prostitutes.
—New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
Two other defendants will serve time as well, with the first sentenced to four years and four months in prison under the Juvenile Criminal Code.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'serve time.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near serve time
Cite this Entry
“Serve time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve%20time. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share