How to Use solitary confinement in a Sentence

solitary confinement

noun
  • In some ways, those held in solitary confinement may have been lucky.
    — Gisela Salomon, ajc, 22 Feb. 2023
  • His first three months were spent in solitary confinement.
    — Krupa Shandilya, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
  • He's spent four years in solitary confinement.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Despite his pleas for help, he was left in his solitary confinement cell.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Lai has spent five years in custody, much of it in solitary confinement.
    — Didi Tang, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
  • He was put in solitary confinement.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Seven of those years were spent in solitary confinement.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • You might have been kept in solitary confinement all that time; there might be a quite large time span between the two.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Those who quit or are kicked out, return to solitary confinement, Acree said.
    — Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 30 May 2025
  • Allen had been kept in solitary confinement and under a suicide watch, both of which had been dropped.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Both inmates were being housed in solitary confinement at the time.
    — Fox News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Whelan said he was held in solitary confinement in the five days before his release.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The plaintiffs were sent to solitary confinement.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Some believed the men taken to solitary confinement the prior evening had in fact been killed.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • But just to be sure, the Israelis put him in solitary confinement until the deal was done.
    — Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • Osman said she was held in solitary confinement for over 285 days.
    — Saudi Arabia, Fox News, 7 July 2023
  • While one of them has since been released, the other two remain in solitary confinement.
    — Davi Merchan, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The lawsuit alleges that Gilliam was rarely let out of her solitary confinement cell.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This fall, Sadik was placed in solitary confinement after a dispute with a guard.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Salehi was tortured, kept in solitary confinement, and sentenced to over six years in prison.
    — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 22 May 2024
  • The goal wasn’t even to free prisoners, just to release two from long-term solitary confinement.
    — Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • For Trejo, this meant ending up in solitary confinement for months.
    — Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Her husband Keith was kept in solitary confinement for six months.
    — Jennifer Griffin, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Both chambers voted for bills aimed at ending the use of solitary confinement in state prisons.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2023
  • He is served three meals a day in solitary confinement, his food tray delivered directly to the cell.
    — Danielle Bacher, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025
  • He also was regularly locked in a room, where he was kicked and punched, then held in solitary confinement.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025
  • Its response was her arrest and solitary confinement.
    — Jody Williams, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The government said his solitary confinement was at Lai’s wish.
    — Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • After her arrest in July, she was kept in solitary confinement for months.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The government insists he was placed in solitary confinement at his own request.
    — ABC News, 9 May 2026

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