Examples of serve time in a Sentence
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Per local media reports, Boutonnat will not serve time in jail but is expected to live under house arrest with an electronic bracelet for the custodial year.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 June 2024
The sentence means Caldwell will not serve time in prison but will have to pay restitution and has been ordered to not act as a Medicaid provider, officials said.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
Antonio Lamont Berry, 38, was sentenced Monday to serve time in prison followed by one year of home detention after pleading guilty to two felony counts of resisting law enforcement, two counts of criminal recklessness and one count of domestic battery.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
These kids need to serve time to the fullest extent that the law allows.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
The series follows her from her days as a young models and an early female stockbroker on Wall Street to her run as a popular Connecticut caterer who built a home-arts media empire, then had to serve time in prison after accusations of insider trading.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
That means van der Sloot is scheduled to be released from Peruvian prison in 2045 and likely won’t return to the US to serve time for the federal charges after serving both sentences together.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
According to a campaign spokesman, Trump donors are lining up in substantial numbers to serve time in prison for him.
—Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
Kelly’s attorneys are appealing both the New York and Chicago convictions while their client continues to serve time at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where has been incarcerated since 2019.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 June 2024
The sentence means Caldwell will not serve time in prison but will have to pay restitution and has been ordered to not act as a Medicaid provider, officials said.
—Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
Antonio Lamont Berry, 38, was sentenced Monday to serve time in prison followed by one year of home detention after pleading guilty to two felony counts of resisting law enforcement, two counts of criminal recklessness and one count of domestic battery.
—Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 June 2024
These kids need to serve time to the fullest extent that the law allows.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
The series follows her from her days as a young models and an early female stockbroker on Wall Street to her run as a popular Connecticut caterer who built a home-arts media empire, then had to serve time in prison after accusations of insider trading.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
That means van der Sloot is scheduled to be released from Peruvian prison in 2045 and likely won’t return to the US to serve time for the federal charges after serving both sentences together.
—Emma Tucker, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
According to a campaign spokesman, Trump donors are lining up in substantial numbers to serve time in prison for him.
—Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2023
Kelly’s attorneys are appealing both the New York and Chicago convictions while their client continues to serve time at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where has been incarcerated since 2019.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
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“Serve time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/serve%20time. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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