How to Use incarcerate in a Sentence

incarcerate

verb
  • He has been incarcerated since he was charged in the killing.
    — John O’Connor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • She may be forced to shower in full view of men who are incarcerated.
    — Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
  • At the far end of the gym, incarcerated men in tan uniforms knelt to pray.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • He was incarcerated at first camp, but there is a schedule and guardrails.
    — Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 18 May 2024
  • Children cannot be incarcerated with adults and the law is silent on where they would be detained.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
  • Were there a lot of women with children in the prison you were incarcerated in?
    — Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Since he was no longer incarcerated, his name was removed from the lawsuit.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2018
  • He is now engaged to a woman who also has been incarcerated, and who has a child.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 10 July 2018
  • The best option, by far, seemed to be people who were incarcerated.
    — New York Times, 4 June 2018
  • This was the second call for art submissions to those of us incarcerated over the past year.
    — Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • So far, all have been incarcerated.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Rodger plays Tommy, an inmate at the prison who has been incarcerated for a decade.
    — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 June 2025
  • Saieed said the kids’ father has been incarcerated since May.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The second set was composed of detainees who were incarcerated at the jail.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Horner has pleaded not guilty to the charges, and has remained incarcerated since his arrest.
    — Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The young boy had been incarcerated all alone and sent to Manzanar.
    — Tracy Slater july 10, Literary Hub, 10 July 2025
  • Both of those are about half the rate at which members of the public are convicted or incarcerated.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In September, she was incarcerated for a day on the same charges.
    — Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 4 Mar. 2026
  • These children are more likely to end up incarcerated or on welfare.
    — Clarence C. Crawford, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The book is an ode to all the innocent people fighting to clear their names while incarcerated.
    — Yosha Gunasekera, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • What troubled her most was the way in which incarcerated people were made to feel that they had been erased from society.
    — James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
  • Grant made sure some of their parents who were incarcerated got photos of their kids all dolled up in dresses and tuxedos.
    — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023
  • And most of the staff there are people who are formerly incarcerated.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Debose remains incarcerated in the same jail where the beating took place.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 6 June 2019
  • Was that concern tinged with fears about the kind of people who might be incarcerated, and their families?
    — TIME, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Williams was incarcerated at the time of the February phone call.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • Morgan is the fourth person to die while incarcerated in Alaska so far this year.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2023
  • The 36-year-old from New York was first incarcerated as a teen, for a gang fight.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Music wasn’t the only thing Kartel was able to work on while he was incarcerated.
    — Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
  • One of the 12 jurors learned that her son was incarcerated at the same prison as the defendants.
    — Natalie Meade, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025

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