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.
• And yes, the prisoner cells still are the home’s main theme.
  — Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
• She was sent to the Colonies, where she was held prisoner.
  — Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2025
• The group said at least 16 of them could come home through prisoner swaps.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 May 2022
• Bergdahl walked away from his base in Afghanistan and was held prisoner by the Taliban for years.
  — Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 26 July 2023
• All told, the toll amounted to the death of a prisoner every two weeks for more than 11 years.
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2023
• This wouldn't be the first time the United States and Russia did a prisoner swap.
  — Ana Escalante, Glamour, 7 July 2022
• In fact, there's a scene with the unseen prisoner (Keoghan), who appears at the end of the movie in Arkham with the Riddler.
  — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• Putin agreed to the prisoner swap in Tuesday's call with Trump, the Kremlin said.
  — Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
• That’s to say that nobody else is left to guard Stephen, who is still a prisoner.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 22 Apr. 2022
• And Sinon was happy to feed that need as he was held prisoner in front of the horse and questioned.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 2 June 2022
• But first, Chanelle was sent with Omar on the prisoner's dilemma hike.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022
• The bill would ensure prisoners are paid for their work.
  — Alex Golden, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024
• 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
• The pope was made a prisoner of Napoleon and spent much of his imprisonment in Savona.
  — Zenger News, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• There was a scuffle for the deputy’s gun, at which point the deputy was able to discharge his weapon a few times — striking the prisoner.
  — Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
• He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, while a prisoner.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2023
• The Guardian: Russia and Ukraine swapped at least 300 prisoners in an exchange deal.
  — Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 31 Dec. 2024
• The gates to the wards were locked at 5 p.m. each night after roll call, according to the former prisoner.
  — Babak Dehghanpisheh, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
• This is not the first time prisoners have taken hostages this summer.
  — Ana María Cañizares, CNN, 2 Sep. 2023
• Atwood is a 66-year-old prisoner on death row at the Florence state prison.
  — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2022
• The evil queen keeps Kai prisoner in her ice palace way up north in Finnmark, Norway.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 May 2025
• There is still hope that Griner will be part of a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2022
• During their first phone call in the spring of that year, the two presidents agreed to a prisoner exchange.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 16 May 2025
• During the course of the war, more than 8,000 German prisoners were held at Camp Billy Mitchell.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
• Many courts have sided with the trans prisoners in forcing those changes.
  — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 30 Jan. 2025
• In the West Bank the death toll since Oct. 7 stands at 103, including two Israeli prisoners.
  — Dalia Hatuqa, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
• In 2021, the state passed a law allowing prisoners to choose the firing squad as a method of execution, in addition to the electric chair and lethal injection.
  — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025