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
• While he was incarcerated, his father and two brothers died.
  — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
• The survey asked a few dozen questions meant to quantify — in a single number — a person’s risk of severe outcomes like ending up in the emergency room, having a mental health crisis, becoming incarcerated, or dying on the streets.
  — Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Dec 2024