How to Use prisoner in a Sentence

prisoner

noun

• The families were held prisoner for four days.
• He was captured by rebel forces and kept as their prisoner for several months before they set him free.
• The prisoner was returned some days later wearing a cast.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023
• This year is now the bloodiest for Saudi death row prisoners in 30 years.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• These days, Lyle keeps busy with projects to improve the lives of prisoners, including starting a program to bring cats and dogs to the prison.
  — Kc Baker, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• While cloaked in language about slavery, the measure is really about prisoners’ ability to refuse to work.
  — The Mercury News/east Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
• She was traded in a dramatic prisoner swap in December.
  — CBS News, 12 Feb. 2023
• When the prisoner threatened to file a complaint, the officer pepper-sprayed him, hit him with the spray canister and then kicked him, Grunfeld said.
  — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• When another prisoner who uses a cane asked to be handcuffed in front of his body instead of behind him, an officer slammed him to the floor instead, Grunfeld said.
  — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
• The resulting problem was that both prisoners and their case managers could see a date in the future when the prisoner would likely be released but there was no mechanism to plan for such a release.
  — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
• In November’s exchange of prisoners for hostages, he was also not released, a decision that was welcomed by some Israelis.
  — Daniele Hamamdjian, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
• The journalist added that the two brothers had been model prisoners and led rehabilitation programs for other inmates.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
• The former prisoner received the certificate this month while recuperating from a mine injury in an infirmary in southern Russia.
  — Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• Bergdahl walked away from his base in Afghanistan and was held prisoner by the Taliban for years.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 26 July 2023
• The last prisoner to be killed by firing squad happened in Utah in 2010.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
• The doctor in charge was a Czech prisoner named Alex Grunwald.
  — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
• He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, while a prisoner.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2023
• This is not the first time prisoners have taken hostages this summer.
  — Ana María Cañizares, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
• In the West Bank the death toll since Oct. 7 stands at 103, including two Israeli prisoners.
  — Dalia Hatuqa, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• A lot of prisoners petitioned to stay once the war was over, Rodriguez said.
  — Jordyn Harrell, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023
• Miller was one of at least four death row prisoners in the state whose lethal injections were botched or halted over the last four years.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 9 May 2024
• The swap on Wednesday was the latest prisoner exchange between the United States and Venezuela.
  — Lara Jakes, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• As has been the case with previous prisoner exchanges, the swap is likely to take place in a third country.
  — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
• One of those prisoners was Yahya Sinwar, the current Hamas leader.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 14 Oct. 2023
• The injunction also provides for prisoners to spend more time out of their cells.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• As for Vladimir Kara-Murza — the filmmaker, dissident, and prisoner — he was born in 1981.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Feb. 2023
• The Bidayuh fought back, and two were shot while seven were taken prisoner and enslaved.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• His and other prisoners’ escape was found to be an inside job.
  — Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024
• Iran remains one of the world’s top executioners, having put to death at least 203 prisoners since the start of this year alone.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
• Including those detainees, the deal will see a total of 869 prisoners released, the Red Cross says.
  — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024