How to Use house arrest in a Sentence

house arrest

noun

• Holmes had asked the court for a sentence of 18 months of house arrest.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2022
• Williams will spend the first year of that sentence on house arrest.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
• The men were placed on house arrest and are being tracked by GPS.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2022
• The fifth detainee had been on house arrest before the deal went down.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2023
• Due to Sorokin's house arrest, the event was held on the rooftop of her apartment building.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• Zvonko spent eight years in prison, and two under house arrest.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 June 2023
• Three have been released on bail, and one has been confined to house arrest.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2022
• Marks said his client could be placed on house arrest until the case is resolved.
  — Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
• He is braced for the likelihood that, at the very least, they will be put back under house arrest.
  — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
• Davis can await trial under house arrest if able to post bail, the judge ruled.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
• Centeno found himself in and out of jail or house arrest.
  — Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• The agents brought her back to her house after 17 hours, but she was put under house arrest for 10 days.
  — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
• Steel pleaded with Judge Glanville to release his client to house arrest.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022
• Robert Brennan of Perryville was ordered to spend the first two years on house arrest.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Baltimore Sun, 31 Mar. 2022
• But many are still under house arrest, unable to leave the kingdom.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
• The captain and three others were rescued by the coast guard, brought to shore, charged with a range of crimes, and put under house arrest.
  — Ian Urbina, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• Each was released from Evin Prison and placed under house arrest last month, an initial step in the deal.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• Liu will receive a 180-day sentence, while Xu will be sentenced to a year of house arrest.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
• Two have been placed under house arrest and one held in custody.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
• What is the face of the opposition now, with her under house arrest?
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
• The felony charges were dropped as part of the plea, but Jones served 45 days of house arrest with three years of informal probation.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2021
• The statement did not say if Gil has been placed under house arrest or has been detained.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
• Holmes was facing a maximum prison time of 20 years, though her lawyers had asked for 18 months of house arrest.
  — Vulture, 19 Nov. 2022
• My prayer is that he is freed and put on house arrest and probation because in this case that would seem fair.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2022
• If Ridge does post bail, he would be required to be on house arrest with a GPS monitor.
  — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2022
• Bongo, who has been in power since his father's death in 2009, has been placed on house arrest.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
• The time in custody may be served under house arrest, the Post reported.
  — Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
• Some were sentenced to jail terms of between seven and 28 days, and all were ordered to spend 28 days on house arrest.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• Biery sentenced him in July to three months of house arrest and five years of probation.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Nov. 2022
• The review will examine the experiences of US states that use house arrest as an alternative to prison.
  — Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jan 2025