How to Use prostitution in a Sentence

prostitution

noun

• Writing commercials was a prostitution of his talents.
• She was arrested for prostitution.
• In pre-Olympics times, my friend recalls, the old town was a virtual no-go zone, a grimy place of drugs and prostitution.
  — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2023
• She too was known to engage in prostitution, records show.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• And for a brief period, prostitution was legal in the Alamo City.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Aug. 2022
• The 52-year-old from Kerrville was charged with prostitution of a person under 18.
  — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Sep. 2021
• Both are charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of transport for the purposes of prostitution.
  — The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2021
• The documents say that the girl’s relative placed ads about her on a website that is used for prostitution.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2021
• The video opens with a bunch of his friends acting out crimes, ranging from prostitution to burglary to drug trafficking.
  — Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021
• But Sánchez wanted to talk only about Senate Bill 357, and what the isolation of prostitution feels like.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2022
• Those efforts led to prostitution, drug dealing and a murder, Akridge said.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 10 June 2022
• But after falling on hard times, some turn to prostitution.
  — John Otis, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2021
• Yeon-su suspects her of prostitution and starts to investigate the case.
  — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021
• In the rest of the novel, Janey is beaten, forced into prostitution, imprisoned, then struck by cancer.
  — Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• Her cousin, Nafeesah Kincy, said Tioni met a man in his 20s on Instagram who pulled her into prostitution.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Before that she had been arrested a handful of times on robbery and prostitution charges.
  — New York Times, 31 Dec. 2021
• In modern times, the statute has been used to fight human trafficking and multistate prostitution rings.
  — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 27 Sep. 2021
• Franklin Police sought charges against both women, but the district attorney’s office chose not to charge the 50-year-old owner with a keeping a place of prostitution.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2021
• This comes after police closed down an area of the Mission District to traffic to curb extensive prostitution there.
  — Tori Richards, Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2023
• City council caught off guard after mayor says ice fishing shanties may lead to prostitution.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
• There are no details in the report about where the prostitution solicitation occurred or the names of the officials involved.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2021
• Mitchell was convicted in June of coercing the victims into prostitution over the course of several years.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 2 Dec. 2022
• The bill would rescind the misdemeanor law against loitering in public for the purpose of engaging in prostitution.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• The Spanish government didn’t provide any details of the plan to outlaw prostitution Sunday.
  — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
• The track is actually about child prostitution, giving more weight to a tune that could have coasted on its already fantastic melody.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
• When a body is found stuffed in a duffle bag, put there by a serial killer who seemed to prey on South Florida women with drug habits and a string of prostitution arrests, assumptions are easy.
  — Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Aug. 2021
• The Ambassador Hotel was built in the 1950s, has fallen into rough shape on the interior, and is also a hotbed for prostitution and drugs, Vengroff said.
  — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 31 May 2022
• For example, one worker said children have been walked out of the building by other children in custody to be forced into prostitution.
  — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 7 July 2022
• The site is known for narcotics and prostitution activity, police said.
  — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021
• Some women who previously lived at the shelter were charged with running away from home, others with prostitution.
  — Susannah George, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024