How to Use custody in a Sentence

custody

noun
  • The judge granted custody to the grandparents.
  • She has sole custody of her daughter.
  • The bank provides safe custody for valuables.
  • Seraphine is now in state custody.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Parker had been in custody for less than a month.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
  • Her drinking meant my dad won custody of us.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Lai has been in custody for more than five years already.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • He was released from custody the next day, court records show.
    — oregonlive, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Five detainees who died in state custody.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Mortensen has custody in the meantime.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • He was charged with simple battery and in custody for an hour.
    — Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • No one was in custody Wednesday night.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • Many of the women end up in police custody.
    — Carlos Aguilar, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • Love was in the air for the couple, who are now in police custody.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
  • No one was in custody Friday evening.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Ruis has been charged with murder and remains in custody.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Morgan posted bond and is no longer in custody.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • Police did not say if anyone was in custody.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • One of the students escaped and was in custody.
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • The spokesperson argued that there has not been a spike in deaths in custody.
    — Rob Kuznia, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Bridges is asking for sole custody of their four children.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026
  • Combs, 55, has been in custody since his arrest last year.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Of those, only three remained in custody, though the court set bail for them.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
  • He was taken into custody at the scene.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The second shooter is not yet in custody.
    — Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • She was killed in custody and crowds moved into the streets to demand an end to the regime.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The suspect, a 16-year-old, is in custody.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • Five people died in custody during this time.
    — Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The men jumped out of the car and tried to run, but three of them were taken into custody.
    — Pilar Arias | Fox News, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2022
  • He is being held in custody in lieu of $1 million bail.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026

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