How to Use house arrest in a Sentence

house arrest

noun

• Holmes had asked the court for a sentence of 18 months of house arrest.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• The fifth detainee had been on house arrest before the deal went down.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2023
• Zvonko spent eight years in prison, and two under house arrest.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 June 2023
• Three have been released on bail, and one has been confined to house arrest.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
• Marks said his client could be placed on house arrest until the case is resolved.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
• He is braced for the likelihood that, at the very least, they will be put back under house arrest.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
• But many are still under house arrest, unable to leave the kingdom.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
• Each was released from Evin Prison and placed under house arrest last month, an initial step in the deal.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Two have been placed under house arrest and one held in custody.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
• The statement did not say if Gil has been placed under house arrest or has been detained.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
• Holmes was facing a maximum prison time of 20 years, though her lawyers had asked for 18 months of house arrest.
  — Vulture, 19 Nov. 2022
• Bongo, who has been in power since his father's death in 2009, has been placed on house arrest.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
• Biery sentenced him in July to three months of house arrest and five years of probation.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2022
• The two Romanian women are to be placed on house arrest.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2023
• The fifth detainee had already been under house arrest.
  — Matthew Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Clark is required to wear a GPS tracker and be on 24/7 house arrest per his bond conditions, court records said.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Jan. 2023
• Linkous' defense team on Thursday asked that the suspect be placed on house arrest.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 30 June 2023
• Clark must wear a GPS tracker and submit to 24/7 house arrest until his next court hearing on March 9.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 5 Jan. 2023
• The former military contractor had been under house arrest since at least 2018 and was due to be sentenced at the end of the month.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022
• He’s been spending a lot of time at home, serving house arrest at his Salt Lake City residence in Utah.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• While on house arrest last year, Barnett raised money by charging donors $100 for photos of him with his feet on a desk.
  — Michael Kunzelman, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
• The jury found Rudolph not guilty on all counts and he was released from house arrest Wednesday, according to court records.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 8 June 2023
• Haggis was held on house arrest for 16 days after a woman accused him of rape.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Sep. 2022
• She was sentenced to house arrest and ordered to stay away from her boyfriend after the judge found probable cause for the attack.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• Mills was placed on house arrest and ordered to wear a GPS ankle monitor.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
• The brothers were remanded in custody and released on house arrest in March.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 20 June 2023
• Meng spent three years under house arrest in Canada over a U.S. bank fraud case; the charges were dismissed in December.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023
• Both men were sentenced to probation, house arrest, and were given fines.
  — Elizabeth Earl For Alaska Journal Of Commerce, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Aug. 2023
• In October 2021, a judge granted him permission to serve house arrest in Salt Lake City at the request of his lawyers.
  — Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2023
• Haggis spent 16 days under house arrest in Italy until the case was dismissed.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024