How to Use behind bars in a Sentence

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• The firearm count could add at least five more years behind bars.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
• Of course now, with Holmes behind bars, her charcoal eyes and blood red lips are no more.
  — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
• The predation did not stop once Spitze was behind bars, court records show.
  — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
• Their music wasn't promoted, and many died in prison or spent years behind bars.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 July 2026
• He could have legally been sentenced to as much as 22 years behind bars.
  — Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 13 Aug. 2026
• Thousands have spent more than a decade behind bars for a passing protest, a stray chant, or a post on a screen.
  — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
• Paul has made no secret of his desire to see Fauci behind bars.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 29 July 2026
• Abreu, 72, who will remain behind bars for the rest of his life, drove the getaway car.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
• What is clear is that bringing Medicaid behind bars takes a lot of work.
  — Julie Wernau, NPR, 22 July 2026
• Ramirez remains behind bars in lieu of $1 million bail, police said.
  — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2026
• Mohassib pleaded not guilty to all the charges and remains behind bars.
  — Christina Fan, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
• But that didn't keep Gilberto from visiting his ex-wife while behind bars.
  — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
• If convicted as charged, Pearsall faces up to 18 years and eight months behind bars.
  — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 3 Sep. 2026
• Those menaces to society take their street tactics with them behind bars and prey on each other.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
• Russell Brand sent a message to his wife after he was sentenced to a decade behind bars.
  — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Nov. 2026
• Combs’ efforts to shorten his time behind bars have not been limited to prison programs.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
• The cases include five inmates killed behind bars and assaults against staff and inmates.
  — ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
• When criminals are behind bars, their victims should finally be safe from them.
  — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
• Cuevas faces a maximum sentence of seven years and eight months behind bars if convicted as charged.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
• Nick Reiner is still fighting to get access to his family trust from behind bars.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
• But, found standing over a dead body, Wanda ends up behind bars in Season 2.
  — Ed Meza, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
• Gledhill remained behind bars after the court hearing with bail set at $2 million.
  — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
• The sentence all but guarantees that Weinstein will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
  — Antonio Ferme, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
• Now behind bars without bail, D4vd is scheduled to be back in court Thursday.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 July 2026
• Imamoglu, who has been behind bars for more than a year, was considered the main challenger to Erdogan.
  — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
• The story follows a billionaire art thief who falls in love with the insurance agent trying to put him behind bars.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 July 2026
• Murdaugh remains behind bars, having been sentenced to decades in prison for financial crimes.
  — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
• He was sentenced to life in prison and served most of his time behind bars at San Quentin State Prison.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
• Lyman clung to the hope that her son’s case would be different, and that Kaur would serve time behind bars for the collision.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
• But a fresh silk press and a set of lashes can’t erase the long-lasting trauma of life behind bars or end mass incarceration.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026