How to Use halfway house in a Sentence

halfway house

noun
  • The car is the perfect halfway house between a family caravan and luxury sedan.
  • The tabard was a sort of halfway house.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
  • One day a man who was lost asked for help finding his way back to a halfway house.
    — Nara Schoenberg, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2021
  • Rutledge is headed to a halfway house, and has a job lined up.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Instead, Wright was sent to a halfway house that was not locked down.
    — Kevin Grasha cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
  • The first three months of the probation were to be spent at the halfway house.
    — Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Jim Crockett in a halfway house.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Jill says the woman was moved to a halfway house after just a few months in prison.
    — Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • After Lyne died, the house was used as a boarding house and halfway house.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Their dad was raising two children, a boy and a girl, and their mother was with me at the halfway house.
    — al, 26 Feb. 2021
  • There are also weekly visits to the halfway house to check in and drug tested.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Those in halfway houses are expected to have a job during the day.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • Johnson was required to spend a year in a halfway house and comply with parole for life.
    — Fox News, 9 Sep. 2022
  • She was then taken to the halfway house, but refused to leave without her daughter.
    — New York Times, 12 Mar. 2021
  • He was sentenced to two years on probation and 30 days in a halfway house.
    — Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
  • Sergio Martinez pleaded guilty and served six months in a halfway house.
    — Jenna Lyons, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Oct. 2017
  • He was released in April and is now living in a halfway house in Gainesville.
    — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
  • It couldn’t be determined Thursday when the halfway house might open.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Laws meant to crackdown on halfway houses in Louisville aren't working.
    — Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The halfway house screens all incoming packages and found the powder.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2019
  • But for the past year, Collin has been required to spend his nights at the halfway house, and to follow a curfew.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 19 July 2018
  • Cedric the Entertainer plays the wacky head of the halfway house where Tray stays.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • What sort of not quite justice, not quite redemption, not quite life is owed to the residents of a halfway house?
    — Vulture, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Phay’s family bumped into Duprey at a restaurant when he’d been moved to the halfway house.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Karr called the head of the halfway house and asked her to let Wallace know his attentions were not welcome.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 9 May 2018
  • This reflects a shift towards greater use of halfway houses and home confinement.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • He was released from jail early and moved to a halfway house in May 2022.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As of now, Miller is scheduled to be released from the halfway house on May 25.
    — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Her first stint was on the board of Conard House, a halfway house for young people with mental illness.
    — Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com, 24 July 2019
  • Caudill spent just 12 days in the halfway house before authorities moved to send him to prison, court records show.
    — Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025

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