Example sentences for: jailed

How can you use “jailed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The New York Times leads with a groundbreaking collaboration between the U.S. and Mexico in the investigation of the drug trade: a jailed former head of the Mexican national police was recently brought secretly to the U.S. (Houston), where he testified about drug payoffs at high levels of the Mexican government.

  • While in Malaysia for an economic conference, Albright visited the wife of a Malaysian political leader who is jailed on sex and corruption charges.

  • University of Kuwait professor Ahmad al-Baghdadi was jailed for blasphemy after writing that Mohammed failed in his mission to convert Mecca's nonbelievers to Islam.

  • An article says that Northern Ireland's Protestants are leery of the peace accord, because its amnesty provision will free many jailed Irish Republican Army bombers and assassins.

  • Police surrounded the compound and avoided violence by exchanging a jailed ROT member for the hostages.


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