How to Use prison time in a Sentence

prison time

noun

• Spota was the last of the three men to be serving prison time.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
• This can swing prison time from a few years to a few decades.
  — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
• Lamberth then slapped Nichols with prison time and the record fine.
  — Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
• His lawyers had pointed to a plea deal that was reached in 2023 and would have spared Hunter any prison time.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
• No amount of prison time will bring the victims back to their families.
  — Angel Saunders, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
• She was blamed for the infant’s death, served prison time and self-exiled to New Orleans.
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 28 July 2023
• State law has changed to allow judges greater discretion on adding the prison time.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
• The agreement gave him prison time for the manslaughter charge and dismissed the other two counts.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2023
• At one point, tourists faced prison time for breaking the quarantine.
  — Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• Of those that have received sentences, about two-thirds got prison time ranging from a few days to 22 years.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
• Newer court records urged the judge to increase prison time to account for his fleeing.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Arizona has singled out the crime of selling meth, applying a range of five to 15 years of prison time.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• After the 1970s, more and more people went to prison for drug crimes and other offenses that rarely used to lead to prison time.
  — The Conversation, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023
• While Combs was cleared of all charges in connection to the incident, Barrow served prison time over it.
  — Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
• Those sentenced so far have been ordered to pay back their loan proceeds and have received no prison time.
  — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
• The judge could also choose to sentence Penny to no prison time if he is convicted.
  — Gloria Pazmino, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
• If they had been locked from the inside, in Corporate United States that is not just a fine and sanction; that is prison time.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
• People can feel pressured to take plea deals and enter the courts, seeing the programs as the only route to get care or avoid prison time.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• Cohen pleaded guilty, served prison time and was disbarred.
  — Michelle L. Price, Jill Colvin, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023
• If she is convicted, Miller could face the most substantial prison time.
  — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Depending on the circumstances, prison time for this crime can range anywhere from three to 15 years.
  — Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
• Through mid-June, Chutkan sentenced every one of the 31 defendants to have come before her to at least some jail or prison time.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2023
• The ex-president has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, which could result in prison time if convicted.
  — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• Sellers and real estate agents can face up to one year of prison time for violating the law.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 6 May 2024
• As a reminder, Mr. Biden also still faces potential prison time on gun charges.
  — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• Five men—all members of the same family—were convicted and sentenced to prison time.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
• Prosecutors agreed to a plea deal that spared him prison time in the Santa Monica case, court records show.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
• The Johnsons, like Broadwater, had their own brush with scandal that led to federal charges and prison time.
  — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• The president pointed to a plea deal that fell apart in July 2023 that could have resolved Hunter Biden's gun and tax charges without prison time.
  — Rebecca Morin, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024
• Former White House adviser Steve Bannon faced similar charges and also served prison time.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Feb 2025