Example sentences for: jailed

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

  • Although speaking immediately after Yeltsin, Clinton noted the heavy civilian casualties inflicted by the Russian army and made an analogy: If Yeltsin had been jailed (instead of elected president) after standing on a tank in defiance of the 1991 Soviet coup, Clinton argued, "I would hope that every leader of every country around this table would have stood up for you and for freedom in Russia, and not said, 'Well, that is an internal Russian affair that we cannot be part of.

  • Aramony, jailed for fraud and embezzlement after years of stealing from the charity, had a "top hat " pension plan, a grotesquely lavish package of benefits far richer than those offered to ordinary workers.

  • He was arrested four times for thievery, usually from tourists, but was neither jailed nor deported.

  • No sooner was the magnificent project completed than the king, jealous of his palace, had its owner arrested for embezzlement and jailed for life.

  • The NYT lead reports that two prominent political prisoners were released late Monday night, one a labor leader jailed for inciting a riot, and the other a former legislator jailed for insulting Suharto.


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