How to Use prison time in a Sentence

prison time

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Definition of prison timenext
  • Spota was the last of the three men to be serving prison time.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
  • Lamberth then slapped Nichols with prison time and the record fine.
    — Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
  • 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
  • Sellers and real estate agents can face up to one year of prison time for violating the law.
    — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • Prosecutors agreed to a plea deal that spared him prison time in the Santa Monica case, court records show.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
  • 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
  • Trump would likely be ordered to serve the prison time concurrently for each count, so up to four years, total.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 31 May 2024
  • 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
  • Then, he was told the purchase might get him prison time, reports my colleague Samantha Delouya.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 18 June 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

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