How to Use mug shot in a Sentence

mug shot

noun
  • His name and mug shot were beamed to screens across the country.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The charges will be listed in jail records along with her mug shot.
    — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • There’s no key word in our system to say a photo is a mug shot.
    — cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
  • He never was caught, never had a mug shot or spent time in in a cell.
    — Steve Bloom, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Her mug shot showed a large gauze bandage on her neck and fresh pink skin on her shoulder.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2018
  • He was released hours later and did not have a mug shot taken.
    — Jozsef Papp, ajc, 15 Aug. 2023
  • See Duggar's latest mug shot above.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The most recent photo of her to appear online was a mug shot.
    — Jessica Pressler, Town & Country, 17 May 2023
  • Trump was processed and had a mug shot taken last week before he was released.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Chitwood posted the boy’s full name and mug shot to his Facebook page.
    — Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Stegall’s mug shot appeared on the screen followed by a bag filled with a white substance.
    — Washington Post, 11 May 2022
  • In his mug shot, Vallejo appeared freshly shaved, his beard gone.
    — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2021
  • On the very top of the pile was a black-and-white mug shot of a bearded, bespectacled man.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Taken to jail in handcuffs, the pop star took this mug shot — and weighed in at a frail 120 lbs.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Taken to jail in handcuffs, the pop star took this mug shot - and weighed in at a frail 120 lbs.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The mug shot itself in fact, hangs outside of the Oval Office.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • That tattoo is consistent with the tattoo seen in Reed's mug shot.
    — Jenn Selva, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • White saw Davis’s mug shot on TV and the wheels of his mind started turning.
    — Time, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In her mug shot released by the sheriff’s office, a single tear appears to be rolling down her left cheek.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • Ransom's mug shot from Metro Corrections showed him in a neck brace and with a swollen eye.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2021
  • The mug shot is the antithesis of a selfie, the subject deprived of control.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Harris remembers seeing Sohna’s mug shot in the local news more than once over the years.
    — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022
  • On their Web site, shirts printed with Lucas’s mug shot go for twenty-seven bucks.
    — Micah Hauser, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
  • In the music video, all seven members are shown in suits holding placards with their stage names and birthdates, a lá a mug shot.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA TODAY, 21 May 2021
  • The sheriff’s office released the child’s name, mug shot and a video of him being escorted into the jail.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Trump did surrender, and had his mug shot taken at the Fulton County jail.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • His mug shot and a dash cam video of the arrest, which came nearly six weeks after Woods had spinal fusion surgery, went viral.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 30 May 2018
  • But New York law enforcement has discretion over whether to take a mug shot of someone charged with a crime.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The mug shot — buried deep in the abyss of old criminal files — was not discovered until 2020.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
  • The president actually has his mug shot on display in the White House.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026

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