How to Use prison time in a Sentence

prison time

noun

• She was blamed for the infant’s death, served prison time and self-exiled to New Orleans.
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 28 July 2023
• State law has changed to allow judges greater discretion on adding the prison time.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• The agreement gave him prison time for the manslaughter charge and dismissed the other two counts.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• At one point, tourists faced prison time for breaking the quarantine.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• Newer court records urged the judge to increase prison time to account for his fleeing.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Arizona has singled out the crime of selling meth, applying a range of five to 15 years of prison time.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• After the 1970s, more and more people went to prison for drug crimes and other offenses that rarely used to lead to prison time.
  — The Conversation, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
• Those sentenced so far have been ordered to pay back their loan proceeds and have received no prison time.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• If they had been locked from the inside, in Corporate United States that is not just a fine and sanction; that is prison time.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
• People can feel pressured to take plea deals and enter the courts, seeing the programs as the only route to get care or avoid prison time.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• Cohen pleaded guilty, served prison time and was disbarred.
  — Michelle L. Price, Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023
• If she is convicted, Miller could face the most substantial prison time.
  — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Depending on the circumstances, prison time for this crime can range anywhere from three to 15 years.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• Through mid-June, Chutkan sentenced every one of the 31 defendants to have come before her to at least some jail or prison time.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• The ex-president has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, which could result in prison time if convicted.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The Johnsons, like Broadwater, had their own brush with scandal that led to federal charges and prison time.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• Anthony served prison time for those charges and was released later that same month with credit for time served.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• But as a first-time offender, he would unlikely be sentenced to prison time.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 15 Feb. 2024
• In his own sentencing request on Feb. 25, Ng asked that he be given no prison time and be allowed to return to Malaysia.
  — Reuters, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• Elsewhere on the episode, Sam met Citra’s father, the cop who still doesn’t know his daughter’s fiancé is facing prison time.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 15 Jan. 2024
• The potential penalties are serious: hefty prison time and tens of thousands in fines.
  — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Kumar didn’t think they should be threatened with prison time for acting to avoid an emergency.
  — Kavitha Surana, ProPublica, 24 Feb. 2023
• First, prosecutors pursued charges against Franklyn that might not net any prison time.
  — Agreen, oregonlive, 13 Aug. 2023
• How much prison time might Trump face if convicted on Espionage Act?
  — CBS News, 16 July 2023
• Alvin Bragg’s robust system of alternatives to jail and prison time.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• The defense claimed investors lost no money from Nikola and asked for a sentence for Milton that did not include prison time.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The four trial defendants were allowed to instead plead guilty to misdemeanor charges and avoid prison time.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
• If he is convicted of forging his vaccine card, Mr. Bolsonaro could face prison time.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Or the young Texan who is facing prison time after his lavish wedding blew up on TikTok?
  — Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• The deal would have allowed Chesebro to avoid prison time by pleading guilty to one felony count of racketeering, the top charge in the indictment, according to the sources.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024