How to use imprisonment in a sentence

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• He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.From the entry urgently
• The defendant was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for PWID marijuana.From the entry PWID
• This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.From the entry liable
• Ellison, who is out on bond, also faces the prospect of lengthy imprisonment.2023 September 30, Victoria Bekiempis, “‘Dark’ donations, free love and the fall: the Sam Bankman-Fried trial is here”, in The Guardian…. From the entry bond
• They faced years of imprisonment in the gulaglike confines of a North Korean prison camp.2009 August 5, Mark Landler, “In Release of Journalists, Both Clintons Had Key Roles”, in New York Times. From the entry gulaglike
• The massacre was followed by even more suppression and imprisonment of protesters.2008, Nancy Pelosi, “A Voice That Will Be Heard”, in Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters, Doubleday, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC…. From the entry massacre
• By the nature of imprisonment, one is perceived by free society as something subhuman.1985 April 13, Philip Brasfield, “Echoes Inside of What's Outside”, in Gay Community News, page 4. From the entry tank
• Four years ago Cynthia Payne was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for keeping a disorderly house.1982 October 12, Craig Brown, “Writing Cynthia Payne's biography”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry disorderly house
• Punishment for theft was inflicted, either by fine, imprisonment, or hard labour, or by branding.1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 115. From the entry branding
• The other Türkman amirs were incensed not only by his imprisonment, but also by his replacement with an Ustajlu.2009, Shah Abbas: The Ruthless King Who Became an Iranian Legend, I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. From the entry Türkman
• Like a twisted Alice sucked down the rabbit hole, Sandy describes her imprisonment as a series of fairy-tale-like hallucinations.1997 November 30, Catherine Texier, “Kind of Surreal All Over”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry fairy-tale-like
• A penalty of praemunire involved imprisonment for an indefinite period, ending only with death or the King's pardon.1995, Constance Braithwaite, Conscientious Objection to Various Compulsions under British Law, York: William Sessions, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry praemunire
• He was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing Philip Peters.1991, Robin Odell, J. H. H. Gaute, The New Murderers' Who's who, Dorset Press, page 89. From the entry Spider-Man
• His Hx of imprisonment and homelessness are risk factors for TB, and his bilateral upper lobe infiltrates are in the appropriate location for reactivation TB.2010, Carlos Ayala, Brad Spellberg, Boards and Wards, fourth edition, page 553. From the entry hx
• Spare me all the outrage and "pseudo jingo stuff" about Iran's imprisonment of our troops, said Peter Hitchens in The Mail on Sunday.2007, The Week, April 7, 2007, no. 608, p. 5. From the entry jingo
• Ariel is a merprincess who finds life in the sea under the protective eye of her father to be a type of imprisonment.1997, Carleton Papers in Applied Language Studies, volumes 14-19, page 109. From the entry merprincess
• Ohio) the defendant was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after pleading guilty to charges of converting clients' funds by "bucketing" their orders.1963, United States. Securities and Exchange Commission, Annual Report of the Securities and Exchange Commission, page 138. From the entry bucket
• Under McGlinchey's leadership, the INLA committed several atrocities and murders during the Troubles, resulting in the Co Derry native's imprisonment both north and south of the border.2023 August 1, “Son of slain republicans brings actions”, in The Irish Times, page 4. From the entry troubles
• The ordinance subjected any violator to a fine, to imprisonment for not more than six months, to community service, or to some combination of the three.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order. From the entry violator
• For example, an offender convicted of two crimes, such as break and enter and possession of burglary instruments, is sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment.1999, Julian V. Roberts, David P. Cole, Making Sense of Sentencing, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry break and enter
• To prevent the starving peasants from fleeing to the towns an internal passport system was introduced and unauthorized change of residence was made punishable with imprisonment.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford…. From the entry internal passport
• Original petition for writ of habeas corpus to obtain release from custody under sentence to five years imprisonment for aiding coprisoners in endeavors to escape from jail.1958, Southern Reporter. Second Series, page 297. From the entry custody
• The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company…. From the entry sentence

Meaning of imprisonment

1. noun A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.

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Questions about imprisonment in a sentence

How do you use imprisonment in a sentence?

Imprisonment is used as a noun. For example: “He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment.”

What is a short sentence with imprisonment?

“This crime is liable to imprisonment for life.”

What does imprisonment mean?

Imprisonment means a confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.