How to Use incarcerate in a Sentence

incarcerate

verb
  • The men introduced themselves to me with their names and how many years they had been incarcerated, most in the 10 to 20 range.
    Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • But David Sielaff, an attorney with the office, had asked the court to lift the stay and incarcerate Brooks at the hearing, court records show.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Williams was incarcerated at the time of the February phone call.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • Both Steele and Brown are incarcerated at the D.C. jail, awaiting a trial date to be set.
    Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
  • Creech, 73, has been incarcerated in Idaho for nearly 50 years, the bulk of that time on death row.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Children cannot be incarcerated with adults and the law is silent on where they would be detained.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • He was incarcerated at first camp, but there is a schedule and guardrails.
    Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
  • In Texas, incarcerated workers were paid two dollars an hour to move the dead.
    Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Maryland incarcerates children of color at one of the highest rates in the country.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Hank Willis Thomas: Thank you, Russell, for reminding me of the fact that my work was speaking to you when you were incarcerated.
    Ariana Marsh, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The second set was composed of detainees who were incarcerated at the jail.
    Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Her son died in a car crash while she was incarcerated, Townsend said, and she’s lost a number of other friends and family.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
  • Was that concern tinged with fears about the kind of people who might be incarcerated, and their families?
    TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Morgan is the fourth person to die while incarcerated in Alaska so far this year.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • But the charges are dropped after a fourth woman is murdered while Hendee is incarcerated.
    Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Grant made sure some of their parents who were incarcerated got photos of their kids all dolled up in dresses and tuxedos.
    Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In early July, he was stabbed 10 times at the prison in Florida where he is incarcerated.
    Rob Frehse, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • The men, who were incarcerated on a range of felony charges, are believed to have escaped through the roof of the detention center, according to the sheriff's office.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
  • Wang, 26, has been charged with murder and is incarcerated.
    Claire Wang, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Unique’s brother, who had tried to look out for his nephews, was now incarcerated himself.
    Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • A lot of people from my research have since passed away, been deported, incarcerated, or are still out there.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 July 2024
  • And as in the times of slavery, farm and incarcerated workers have used gardening as a way to resist their oppression.
    Time, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The group also expects 40 new jobs to at-risk and formerly incarcerated youth to come out of this investment.
    Evan Lasseter, ajc, 17 July 2023
  • After he was taken away, his wife and 10 children had to sell the farm and were soon incarcerated themselves at Gila River near Phoenix.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Since then, he has remained incarcerated at the Lake County Jail, per online records.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 26 June 2024
  • At that point, Williams and other defendants may have been incarcerated for over 15 months.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023
  • There, others incarcerated in the same housing unit said the 24-year-old often entertained them by talking and singing all day.
    Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In Faizabad, the Taliban’s technique is to incarcerate and punish first and ask questions later.
    New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Allen had been held in solitary confinement for a total of 13 months, and the defense has sought to place the confessions within the context of Allen’s mental health crisis while incarcerated.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The man had been convicted of assaulting women in the 1980s, but disappeared before he was incarcerated.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024

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