Examples of penal colony in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Brittney was detained in a Russian penal colony for nearly 10 months before being released through a prisoner swap.
—
Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
Alexei Navalny, who died in February in a Russian penal colony, was murdered, directly or indirectly, by Russia’s thuggish, corrupt President Vladimir Putin.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
Arrested at 17, a year after the war in Ukraine began, he was sentenced to serve four years in a penal colony, becoming the youngest person in modern Russian history ever to be convicted of state treason.
—Anna Chernova, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Inside the church, Charles and Camilla signed two bibles, including one that belonged to Australia’s first minister and chaplain of the First Fleet of ships that took convicts from Britain to the penal colony of Australia in 1788.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for penal colony 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
Alexei Navalny, who died in February in a Russian penal colony, was murdered, directly or indirectly, by Russia’s thuggish, corrupt President Vladimir Putin.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 15 Nov. 2024
Arrested at 17, a year after the war in Ukraine began, he was sentenced to serve four years in a penal colony, becoming the youngest person in modern Russian history ever to be convicted of state treason.
—Anna Chernova, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Inside the church, Charles and Camilla signed two bibles, including one that belonged to Australia’s first minister and chaplain of the First Fleet of ships that took convicts from Britain to the penal colony of Australia in 1788.
—Reuters, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for penal colony
Dictionary Entries Near penal colony
Cite this Entry
“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share