How to Use incarcerate in a Sentence

incarcerate

verb

• The men introduced themselves to me with their names and how many years they had been incarcerated, most in the 10 to 20 range.
  — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 June 2023
• But David Sielaff, an attorney with the office, had asked the court to lift the stay and incarcerate Brooks at the hearing, court records show.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021
• One of the 12 jurors learned that her son was incarcerated at the same prison as the defendants.
  — Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
• And that deal now means he’ll be incarcerated for two weeks.
  — Andrew Prokop, Vox, 7 Sep. 2018
• Williams was incarcerated at the time of the February phone call.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
• Both Steele and Brown are incarcerated at the D.C. jail, awaiting a trial date to be set.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
• She may be forced to shower in full view of men who are incarcerated.
  — Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
• Milo was required to spend at least two years in prison on the DUI charge, but he could have been incarcerated for up to 10 years.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
• Creech, 73, has been incarcerated in Idaho for nearly 50 years, the bulk of that time on death row.
  — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
• His rivals have their own visions to make a dent in the nation’s incarcerated rate, which ranks as the highest in the world.
  — Elana Schor, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2019
• Children cannot be incarcerated with adults and the law is silent on where they would be detained.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
• He was incarcerated at first camp, but there is a schedule and guardrails.
  — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
• In Texas, incarcerated workers were paid two dollars an hour to move the dead.
  — Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
• Rodger plays Tommy, an inmate at the prison who has been incarcerated for a decade.
  — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 June 2025
• Maryland incarcerates children of color at one of the highest rates in the country.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• He was either incarcerated or unable to leave the country for all three of Megan’s World Cup trips.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 7 July 2019
• He is now engaged to a woman who also has been incarcerated, and who has a child.
  — John Timpane, Philly.com, 10 July 2018
• Hank Willis Thomas: Thank you, Russell, for reminding me of the fact that my work was speaking to you when you were incarcerated.
  — Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
• The second set was composed of detainees who were incarcerated at the jail.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2023
• The conditions are a far cry from the last time Epstein was incarcerated.
  — Bloomberg News, al.com, 10 July 2019
• The best option, by far, seemed to be people who were incarcerated.
  — New York Times, 4 June 2018
• Her son died in a car crash while she was incarcerated, Townsend said, and she’s lost a number of other friends and family.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
• The judge allowed the couple to stagger prison terms so their children would not have both parents incarcerated at the same time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2019
• Since he was no longer incarcerated, his name was removed from the lawsuit.
  — Washington Post, 9 July 2018
• What troubled her most was the way in which incarcerated people were made to feel that they had been erased from society.
  — James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
• Jonas, 56, has been incarcerated since he was found guilty.
  — John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Apr. 2018
• Music wasn’t the only thing Kartel was able to work on while he was incarcerated.
  — Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
• Was that concern tinged with fears about the kind of people who might be incarcerated, and their families?
  — TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
• Morgan is the fourth person to die while incarcerated in Alaska so far this year.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
• Gadson’s brother was incarcerated at the time of Bradford’s death and was not considered a suspect in the homicide, according to court documents.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025