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.
• 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
• King is being held at Men’s Central Jail, custody records show.
  — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
• She and the other customers were released later in the day, the woman said on Thursday, but the florist was still in custody and her shop had been closed.
  — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• Font said the fact that Dewees was homeless while caring for four kids would not have been enough to revoke custody.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• Police took one person at the home into custody, the release said.
  — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2023
• All five have pleaded not guilty to all charges and are in police custody awaiting trial.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Ming, who stayed at the scene, was sentenced to more than two years in prison and is no longer in custody, according to his attorney.
  — Ashley Ahn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Under the terms of China’s wildlife agency, zoos that host the pandas never get full custody.
  — Ramsey Al-Rikabi, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2023
• This meant that children could spend months in custody with their parents, even though none of them had committed a crime.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024
• Despite being arrested by police, Rodney didn’t remain in custody for long.
  — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024