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.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 the course of the war, more than 8,000 German prisoners were held at Camp Billy Mitchell.
  — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Sam Bankman-Fried, shirtless in black sweatpants, lies in the fifth cot –- the one nearest the door, by the rasping fan, past the frail old man and the prisoner on suicide watch.
  — Katanga Johnson, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Just imagine if your dead loved one came back to you but was being held prisoner by a demon.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
• This year is now the bloodiest for Saudi death row prisoners in 30 years.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2024
• The prisoner swap is one of the most high-profile to have taken place between Moscow and Washington since the Cold War.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2022
• Soon after, he was released in a prisoner swap — and ended up back in the hands of Wagner.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Brittney Griner’s ten-month-long ordeal at the hands of a mafia state ended Thursday in a prisoner swap on a tarmac in Abu Dhabi.
  — The Editors, National Review, 9 Dec. 2022
• As for Vladimir Kara-Murza — the filmmaker, dissident, and prisoner — he was born in 1981.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Feb. 2023
• So how does a defendant or a prisoner ask the president for help?
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 24 Jan 2025