JAIL in a Sentence

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98 example sentences for JAIL, such as:

1. The Yankees use it for a military jail now.
2. He was jailed without the option of a fine.
3. He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.
4. They got hit with a hefty fine and hopefully some jail time.
5. A new trial of the jailed former oil tycoon is set to begin Tuesday.

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 Meanings and Examples of JAIL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jail
 n.  building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
Classic Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1  We did it to show our appreciation of his talking the provost guard out of putting us in jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
2  And Ashley was imprisoned forever by words which were stronger than any jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
3  The Yankees use it for a military jail now.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
4  In her mind there were only two ideas, Rhett had more money than she had even hoped and he was in jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
5  The fact that he was in jail and possibly might be hanged changed the face of matters somewhat, in fact made them look a little brighter.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
6  If she could somehow manage to marry him while he was in jail, all those millions would be hers and hers alone should he be executed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
7  It's worth being in jail to see you again and to hear you say things like that.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  In fact, it was my threat to unbosom my conscience about them that got me out of jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
9  Surely I have the right to know, after your little trip out to the jail not long ago.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
10  She knew that if one iota of the truth were proved against them, not only she and Frank but the innocent Pitty as well would go to jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
11  The newspapers were so muzzled that no public protest could be raised against the injustices or depredations of the military, and individual protests were silenced with jail sentences.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
12  The wave of rebuilding was giving her the opportunity she wanted and she knew she could make money if only she could stay out of jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  Let others go to jail for speaking their minds and get themselves hanged for being in the Ku Klux Klan.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
14  It had been months since he made any joking references to their distressing scene at the Yankee jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
15  A negro who had boasted of rape had actually been arrested, but before he could be brought to trial the jail had been raided by the Ku Klux Klan and he had been quietly hanged.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
16  The jail was a little brick den that stood at the edge of the village, and no guards were afforded for it.
17  The jail was a trifling little brick den that stood in a marsh at the edge of the village.
18  For a second offence, the penalty is a guaranteed 30 days in jail, up from 14 days.
19  Mr Madhi escaped from Iran in February 2008 after being sentenced to 73 years in jail for what he described as a trivial charge.
20  They got hit with a hefty fine and hopefully some jail time.
21  She's never ever getting out of jail unless she can prove temporary insanity, which is highly unlikely given her actions.
22  I told about Louis Sixteenth that got his head cut off in France long time ago; and about his little boy the dolphin, that would a been a king, but they took and shut him up in jail, and some say he died there.
23  He had battled addiction for years and been in and out of jail, was in pretrial custody on a number of charges, including assault causing bodily harm and uttering threats.
24  The deputy prime minister, Abdullah Badawi had to formulate Malaysia's response to the US-led invasion of Iraq, deal with the outbreak of the SARS virus and keep watch while the courts heard an appeal by his jailed predecessor Anwar Ibrahim.
25  When she heard that her rival had just been jailed for embezzlement, we saw her chortle with joy. She was not a nice lady.
26  A new trial of the jailed former oil tycoon is set to begin Tuesday.
27  Because he was a stranger in town with no visible means of support, Martin feared he would be jailed as a vagrant.
28  The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.
29  He was jailed for five years as an alleged British spy.
30  He was jailed without the option of a fine.