How to Use solitary confinement in a Sentence

solitary confinement

noun
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  • Cameron Williams dies of a rare stroke Cameron Williams, 24, dies of a rare stroke in solitary confinement.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
  • The first 77 days, he was kept in solitary confinement.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But just to be sure, the Israelis put him in solitary confinement until the deal was done.
    — Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • In some ways, those held in solitary confinement may have been lucky.
    — Gisela Salomon, ajc, 22 Feb. 2023
  • From the age of 18, Jackson spent 11 years (the rest of his life) behind bars, with seven and a half of those years in solitary confinement.
    — Safire R. Sostre, Essence, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Arrest them all and throw them in the DC gulag in solitary confinement just like J6’ers.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • After Warnock was released from solitary confinement, he was sent to a more secure unit in the prison, the G Block.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
  • In this sense, lockdowns are a form of solitary confinement.
    — Gabrielle Caplan, WIRED, 6 May 2024
  • The most recent stint was the 13th time he was placed in solitary confinement, according to Yarmysh.
    — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The first of the four inmates who died, Dean Hoffman, killed himself in solitary confinement last June.
    — CBS News, 5 June 2024
  • Despite his pleas for help, he was left in his solitary confinement cell.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The lawsuit alleges that Gilliam was rarely let out of her solitary confinement cell.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This fall, Sadik was placed in solitary confinement after a dispute with a guard.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The goal wasn’t even to free prisoners, just to release two from long-term solitary confinement.
    — Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • Osman said she was held in solitary confinement for over 285 days.
    — Saudi Arabia, Fox News, 7 July 2023
  • Both inmates were being housed in solitary confinement at the time.
    — Fox News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Later that night, the 42-year-old was transferred to a different prison and placed in solitary confinement.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 19 July 2024
  • The cries for closure had reached a peak in 1986 when a youth at the facility hanged himself in solitary confinement.
    — Steve Thompson, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Salehi was tortured, kept in solitary confinement, and sentenced to over six years in prison.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 22 May 2024
  • His sentence was reduced to 25 years in prison — first in solitary confinement, then on a rocky island off the Peruvian coast.
    — Clay Risen, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • According to reports, Lai is kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Both chambers voted for bills aimed at ending the use of solitary confinement in state prisons.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • He was arrested and placed in solitary confinement for 200 days.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
  • On top of the bogus, politicized charges, China is keeping a man of advanced age in solitary confinement.
    — The Editors, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Initially passing on the solitary confinement tracks, Goldstein took a deeper listen and found that the lyrics brought him to tears.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Dec. 2022
  • For Trejo, this meant ending up in solitary confinement for months.
    — Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Ever since Sergei’s arrest two and a half years ago, he has been held in solitary confinement—for the first four months in a punishment cell, in the very worst conditions.
    — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2023
  • In June, Dean Hoffmann, 60, died by suicide while in solitary confinement.
    — Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Medvedev said his daughter is being held at a detention site in Lublin, and that she has been held for long stretches in solitary confinement.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The Captain’s solitary confinement was, in a sense, a form of purgatorial amnesty that kept him safe under Man’s watch.
    — Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 26 May 2024

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