How to Use custody in a Sentence

custody

noun

• The judge granted custody to the grandparents.
• She has sole custody of her daughter.
• The bank provides safe custody for valuables.
• Her body has not been found, and her three children are currently in state custody.
  — Cady Stanton, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• His death was the latest of three in LAPD custody so far this year.
  — Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2023
• Irvine police did not disclose Monday whether Zhang remained in custody.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
• No one was in custody, and detectives were investigating.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Nov. 2024
• This adoption order appears to have become the basis for the Masts to build their custody claim on Baby Doe.
  — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2023
• Rivera assaulted a jail guard at Bellevue Hospital while in custody before his sentencing.
  — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 26 Nov. 2024
• The girl is in state protective custody and did not require medical care when she was found, agency spokesperson Brook Arbeitman said.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2023
• Because of the boy’s age, the police department issued an emergency custody order and took him to a local hospital to be evaluated.
  — Talal Ansari, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• Her mother, Eula Cason, was granted a divorce from her husband, William, when Sandra was a year old, and given custody.
  — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
• The judge found probable cause exists to hold Morales in custody on the charges.
  — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 20 Nov. 2023
• The trial will be rescheduled once Franklin is in custody.
  — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The artist, born Jeffery Williams, has been in custody since his 2022 arrest.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
• No suspects were in custody as of about two hours after the shooting.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
• Detroit police took a suspect in the crash into custody at the scene.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
• The group said agents gave them no food and minimal water while they were held in custody there.
  — K.c. Alfred, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• The custody filing occurred around the time June wed now-husband Justin Stroud.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
• At least six members are in custody, per the city of Aurora.
  — Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
• And now all of it is in the custody of the California Highway Patrol.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
• If Kelly did not accept the plea and go into custody, the deal would expire.
  — The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• There are no suspects in custody, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2023
• His friends tried to tell the cops not to take him into custody, but he was handcuffed and arrested.
  — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 18 June 2024
• Four suspects have been identified, with two held in custody, the SBU said.
  — Lex Harvey, CNN, 2 July 2024
• The others remained in custody, with hearings set for next week.
  — Sarah Rankin, ajc, 17 Mar. 2023
• Mendez remains in custody and was ordered to be held without bond.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
• There are believed to be 159 hostages still in the custody of Hamas or other terrorist groups.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
• Roderick Johnson was the fourth person to die in the custody of the Tarrant County jail this year.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
• He was pulled over around 12:30 a.m. and was held in police custody overnight before being released the next day.
  — Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024