How to Use jailhouse in a Sentence

jailhouse

noun

• The rear view through the slats of the engine cover lends a jailhouse vibe to the cabin.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Mar. 2021
• He was dressed in a brown jailhouse shirt, with his hands cuffed in front of him and his arms bandaged.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• The last time Zachery heard from his son was in a jailhouse letter.
  — Emma Seiwell, al, 26 Jan. 2023
• The jailhouse evidence from Ms. Tyshchenko is a case in point.
  — New York Times, 18 June 2021
• At the age of 15 he was sent to prison because of lies told by a jailhouse informant.
  — Anne-Marie Moyes, The Denver Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• Some are driven home, not just dumped outside the jailhouse door.
  — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
• Venice headquarters — a 1920s jailhouse — to talk about the forces that have shaped her career.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• At the jailhouse meeting in Phoenix, Treem and Gordon urged the inmate to sign the document.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
• The Towson plaque will stand on a right of way near the old jailhouse, known as Bosley Hall, just beyond where Cooper was lynched.
  — Taylor Deville, baltimoresun.com, 7 May 2021
• Rachal Dollard is not the first to be arrested for a jailhouse kiss that turned fatal.
  — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
• He's become good at jailhouse lawyering, and there's little else to do with his time.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
• Hernandez's lawyer, Jose Baez, said Tuesday none of the notes was addressed to a jailhouse lover.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 25 Apr. 2017
• The jailhouse fight happened in June 2020, but Davis wasn’t charged until Friday.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 28 May 2021
• Epstein did make some attempts to adapt to his jailhouse surroundings, the records show.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2023
• The network said the suspect was living in a van near the D.C. jailhouse where Jan. 6 criminals are being housed.
  — Brian Niemietz New York Daily News (tns), al, 30 June 2023
• The local paper ran their mugshots in jailhouse stripes, which became an image of the town’s decline.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2023
• Andy audibles and moves the party to the jailhouse, even inviting Sam’s wife and children to join their pappy in his cell.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 23 Dec. 2021
• The defendant, wearing blue jailhouse clothes, did not meet her gaze.
  — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2018
• James never took the stand, but his jailhouse phone calls were filled with anger and threats toward the prosecutors.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• Tubbs was later caught bragging about the lenient sentence on a jailhouse phone call.
  — Fox News, 19 May 2022
• The couple tied the knot in a jailhouse ceremony in July 2022.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
• The oddity that could be creepy and off-putting in the first series plays here, mainly in jailhouse videos, as more childlike and puckish.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• Coles ambushed the officer from behind on a jailhouse walkway with a blow to the head, Sheriff Joel Brott said.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
• Deputies listened in on the jailhouse calls, hoping Lauren would give away Lee’s whereabouts.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
• His cold open was Trump addressing the nation from a jailhouse toilet.
  — Vulture, 31 Mar. 2023
• Last May, prosecutors filed new charges against Davis over a jailhouse fight that was almost a year old.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 14 Dec. 2021
• Calaboose Island,’ the park area near the city’s historic jailhouse.
  — Karen Huppertz, ajc, 21 Nov. 2017
• The temperature in the frontier jailhouse seems to be rising.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
• Colón learned his favorite songs — banda and ranchera classics — and serenaded him there in the jailhouse.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
• Gayheart has listened to jailhouse phone calls to see if an abuser was contacting a victim.
  — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024