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'jail' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'jail' with 20 example sentences.


jail noun

: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

jail verb

: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail


  • I spent months in jail because of you.
  • I don't want to end up in jail.
  • He was sentenced to three years in jail.
  • I ended up in jail.
  • You could go to jail for this.
  • "Where is my wife?" "She is in jail."
  • I learned this in jail.
  • She hanged herself in jail.
  • When I am queen, I will have you jailed.
  • Some prisoners have escaped from the jail.
  • It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail.
  • There are many innocent men in jail.
  • How do we get him out of jail?
  • Six months later, Dan was back in jail.
  • Let's tear down the jail.
  • The food in jail was better.
  • I hope they rot in jail.
  • I've never spent a day in jail.
  • The company accountant was sent to jail for cooking the books.
  • Maintaining a criminal in the jail is very expensive.
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