Prisoner

//ˈpɹɪzənə//

"Prisoner" in a Sentence (17 examples)

The king ordered that the prisoner should be set free.

Everybody showed sympathy toward the prisoner.

The prisoner of war bore himself with great dignity.

The prisoner was behind bars for two months.

The prisoner was released.

The prisoner was set at liberty yesterday.

The prisoner is in chains.

There is no denying that the prisoner is guilty.

Joe was believed to have shot the prisoner.

The prisoner who escaped two days ago is still at large.

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Two other prisoners were staying in the same cell as him.

The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper.

American journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan were among the 24 detainees released as part of a complex prisoner swap between Russia, the US and other Western nations. […] Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB colonel serving a life sentence in a German prison, was on the top of Moscow’s list of Russian prisoners it wanted to exchange.

And gainſt the General we will lift our ſwords / And either lanch his greedie thirſting throat, / Or take him priſoner, and his chaine ſhall ſerue / For Manackles, till he be ranſom’d home.

Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

I am no longer a prisoner to fear, for I am a child of God.

I'm a prisoner of your love.

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