How to Use house arrest in a Sentence

house arrest

noun

• Williams will spend the first year of that sentence on house arrest.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Jan. 2022
• As part of her house arrest, Avila had to be fitted with a GPS tracking device.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• Madea, the gun-toting grandmother who can rock a house arrest ankle bracelet like no one else, is making her Netflix debut next month.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Jan. 2022
• His punishment includes three-year probation, three months of house arrest, and a $5,000 fine.
  — Neil J. Young, The Week, 27 Jan. 2022
• Ukraine’s top prosecutor later accused Mr. Medvedchuk of high treason, and a court placed him under house arrest.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
• This August, 13 months after she was released from jail to house arrest with an ankle monitor, Marsh was cleared by a grand jury.
  — Lauren Sausser, CNN, 23 Sep. 2024
• The terms of her house arrest were revised in August and she was allowed back on social media before jetting off to Los Angeles this month.
  — Pilar Melendez, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2024
• After pleading guilty to three felonies, paying a fine, and receiving a sentence of house arrest, Antar started a new line of work—as a consultant to law enforcement.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2022
• In May, Ukrainian authorities charged Medvedchuk with high treason, shut down his television network and placed him under house arrest.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022
• Holmes had asked the court for a sentence of 18 months of house arrest.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 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
• 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
• 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 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

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024