How to Use reformatory in a Sentence
reformatory
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There was that three-year stint in a reformatory, as a teen-ager, for armed robbery and auto theft.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2017
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But in fact the bar is always coming up with these kinds of reformatory codes.
—Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
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Berry served three years of a 10-year sentence at a reformatory.
—Hillel Italie and Jim Suhr, Esquire, 18 Mar. 2017
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The tunnel and sewer pipe used in Andy’s escape were props used in the movie that are on display inside the reformatory.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019
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Some of the actors from the film will be on hand for the festivities, and there will be tours of the reformatory, which is reputed to harbor ghosts.
—Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
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That was followed by mass testing of all staff and inmates at the reformatory.
—Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2020
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In the Jim Crow Florida of the early 1960s, two boys land in a juvenile reformatory and fight to have a future.
—John Timpane, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
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After leaving the reformatory, she was sent to live with a distant relative of her mother.
—Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
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But police said the place was not licensed to run any reformatory or educational program.
—Sam Olukoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
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Designed to be self-supporting — by using prison labor — the complex housed a farm, reformatory and penitentiary.
—Alison Lake, Washington Post, 27 May 2018
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The reformatory has a capacity for around 1,000 inmates.
—Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2020
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There was that three-year stint in a reformatory, as a teen-ager, for armed robbery and auto theft.
—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2017
-
But in fact the bar is always coming up with these kinds of reformatory codes.
—Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
-
Berry served three years of a 10-year sentence at a reformatory.
—Hillel Italie and Jim Suhr, Esquire, 18 Mar. 2017
-
The tunnel and sewer pipe used in Andy’s escape were props used in the movie that are on display inside the reformatory.
—Susan Glaser, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019
-
Some of the actors from the film will be on hand for the festivities, and there will be tours of the reformatory, which is reputed to harbor ghosts.
—Phil Marty, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
-
That was followed by mass testing of all staff and inmates at the reformatory.
—Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2020
-
In the Jim Crow Florida of the early 1960s, two boys land in a juvenile reformatory and fight to have a future.
—John Timpane, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
-
After leaving the reformatory, she was sent to live with a distant relative of her mother.
—Petula Dvorak, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
-
But police said the place was not licensed to run any reformatory or educational program.
—Sam Olukoya, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
-
Designed to be self-supporting — by using prison labor — the complex housed a farm, reformatory and penitentiary.
—Alison Lake, Washington Post, 27 May 2018
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The reformatory has a capacity for around 1,000 inmates.
—Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2020
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