How to Use community service in a Sentence

community service

noun
  • The free event is open to ages 12 and older, and community service hours will be available for youths.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The wife was sentenced to one year of probation and 400 hours of community service.
    Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2024
  • On all of its trips, the troop does community service and learns about the culture of the destination, Ullner said.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • She was sentenced to a year of probation and 400 hours of community service.
    Emily Holshouser, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • He was sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service, according to the AP.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • She was sentenced to three years of probation and 40 hours of community service.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Bell was sentenced in Ohio to two years’ probation and to perform 200 hours of community service.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The star was also sentenced to 250 hours of community service and was on supervised release for one year.
    Clare Fisher, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2023
  • She was given a year of probation and ordered to serve 100 hours of community service.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • As part of the plea agreement, Keith received 50 hours of community service.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 22 Aug. 2023
  • As part of her plea deal to avoid jail time, Cardi B was given a three-year order of protection and ordered to 15 days of community service.
    Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The actor entered a no contest plea, was fined and ordered to community service, The New York Times reported.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 31 July 2023
  • The man who struck Bebe Rexha in the face with his flying phone at a New York concert last summer may get away with only facing 40 days of community service for the attack.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Later that year, he was sentenced to three years’ probation, community service and a $3,000 fine.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
  • He was sentenced to one year of probation, six months' home confinement and 200 hours of community service, according to the New York Times.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Gaynor was given a two-year good-behavior order and told to carry out 100 hours of community service.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • He was still required to complete 75 hours of community service.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Her plea agreement called for three years of probation and restitution with no more than 45 days of community service.
    Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Clymer told the court Friday Miller had been expected to serve 15 days of community service and complete counseling over the past year.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Keller, 41, was also sentenced to six months of home detention and will have to perform 10 hours of community service every month.
    Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The following month, he was sentenced to two years probation and 200 hours of community service.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • If cleaning up trails sounds like boring community service, be ready to have that expectation blown out of the water.
    Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • For a month, practicing Muslims will fast from dawn to sunset, along with intense prayer and community service.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Blodgett was sentenced to six months of probation and 50 hours of community service.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024
  • People in the program will also be required to perform an hour of community service, the sheriff’s office said.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • How did your interest in STEM lead to community service?
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 15 July 2023
  • Over the years, the organization connected him to community service to pay off his fines and to resources that led him to secure housing.
    Jonmaesha Beltran and Devin Blake, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2023
  • On Friday, he was sentenced to probation and community service, reports the Times’ Matt Stevens.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Coleman's community service Coleman first moved to Phoenix in 1938 to help her sister, Elizabeth Swain, who was ill.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Roberson is a member of the Flying Samaritans, a community service group at UA.
    Andrea Ramirez, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023

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