How to Use warden in a Sentence
warden
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There, the warden led him to a dirty pile of roots and small gray logs.
— Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022 -
Jose Morales, who was the warden of the unit that housed Mr. Cofield, could not be reached.
— Vimal Patel, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022 -
Three days after that, the warden of the prison was killed, too.
— Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021 -
Jose Morales was the warden of the prison when Cofield arrived.
— Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023 -
The warden was made aware of the call, according to the lawsuit.
— Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2021 -
The prison staff didn’t know much about the new acting warden.
— Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2022 -
The warden called Dotson's brother on the evening of Nov. 16 and informed him of the death.
— Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023 -
The husband tries to get away with shenanigans, and the wife is his warden.
— Vulture, 29 Oct. 2023 -
My dad worked as a beach warden, and my mom was a seamstress.
— Vogue, 29 Apr. 2022 -
But two friends from the workhouse have stowed away in the warden's car, with plans to go to New York City.
— Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021 -
The weight slip, signed by the store owner and co-signed by the local warden read 300 pounds.
— Bob Humphrey, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020 -
Pyle served as the prison’s warden for 15 months and has been employed by DOC for 23 years.
— Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2023 -
The man is a warden, not a geologist as claimed in the post.
— Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021 -
Sparks said he’s tried for the last few weeks to get through to the warden, without success.
— Grace Toohey, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2020 -
The former warden was sentenced to more than five years in prison in March.
— Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The man in the photo, a warden whose name is Syahrul, is one of those caretakers.
— Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021 -
Whether the instructions came from the warden or Charles ... who knows?
— Julia Hollingsworth and Adam Renton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2021 -
Near the dead eagle, Maine wildlife warden Neal Wykes had found a dead loon chick.
— Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2020 -
The prison warden read aloud the death warrant, then asked whether there were any final words.
— New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021 -
The judge added that Simpson did not try to interview the warden.
— Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 20 Oct. 2022 -
There are stowaways in the trunk of the warden’s car who want to take the story in one direction.
— Time, 29 Sep. 2021 -
Two mayors had been murdered, and the warden of a prison in Manabí had been killed.
— Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024 -
So the warden assembled the prison band, which made a quick record that Hill played all night and right up to the gas chamber door.
— Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022 -
He was sent to the city dog warden in Columbus, then to a shelter, where he was rescued.
— Mike Giuliano, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2020 -
In 2017, some were finally caught, and a new warden was named.
— Christian Boone, ajc, 21 Aug. 2021 -
Small notes smuggled to his wife through a prison warden speak to Roenne’s motives.
— Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021 -
The brother told the warden that the family wanted the body to be released to them, according to the suit.
— Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023 -
The warden recorded the weigh-in on video and measured the fish, cementing Theron Thompson’s place in the record books.
— Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2021 -
State prison warden banned braids, cornrows and dreadlocks.
— Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024 -
Her attorneys have filed a motion accusing the prison warden of disregarding a lawful order by not releasing her yet.
— Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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