How to Use behind bars in a Sentence

behind bars

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  • Their music wasn't promoted, and many died in prison or spent years behind bars.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 29 July 2026
  • Paul has made no secret of his desire to see Fauci behind bars.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 29 July 2026
  • What is clear is that bringing Medicaid behind bars takes a lot of work.
    — Julie Wernau, NPR, 22 July 2026
  • Those menaces to society take their street tactics with them behind bars and prey on each other.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026
  • Gledhill remained behind bars after the court hearing with bail set at $2 million.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
  • Now behind bars without bail, D4vd is scheduled to be back in court Thursday.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 July 2026
  • The story follows a billionaire art thief who falls in love with the insurance agent trying to put him behind bars.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 July 2026
  • Murdaugh remains behind bars, having been sentenced to decades in prison for financial crimes.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Lyman clung to the hope that her son’s case would be different, and that Kaur would serve time behind bars for the collision.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For an involuntary manslaughter charge, a person could be sentenced to up to four years behind bars.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The 26-year-old Young, who’d already spent four years behind bars, had used that time productively.
    — Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Buyer and Marquez said it’s designed to keep the billions of shares behind bars from flooding the market all at once.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Hours later, as the three men sit behind bars, an officer reads Twist his Miranda rights.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Despite all that, Gates will serve only a fraction of the time behind bars that the victims' families wanted.
    — Sara MacHi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • And Fauci accused the senator of being obsessed with trying to get him behind bars.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 29 July 2026
  • Andres pleaded guilty to the killing and was sentenced to nine years but walked free after just 18 months due to his good behavior while behind bars.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • During the sentencing, a judge denied his request to give his family one last hug before heading behind bars.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026
  • Peterson, now 53, has spent half his life behind bars and has steadfastly maintained his innocence.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
  • He was sentenced to 50 months behind bars and is still facing upwards of 70 civil lawsuits across the country.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • If convicted on all 12 counts, Mulhern could face up to 300 years behind bars.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • The decision means Grayson, who is roughly six months into a 20-year prison sentence, will remain behind bars.
    — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The district attorney who put the killer behind bars for the rest of his life and won an unprecedented murder conviction against his father, agreed.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But health care behind bars is often underfunded and inadequate.
    — Julie Wernau, NPR, 22 July 2026
  • The culprit was behind bars, but the victim’s identity remained out of reach, according to Chelsea police.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • The maximum sentence that Colin Gray faces is more than 280 years behind bars, his lawyers said in a court filing.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
  • Jackson pleaded guilty to an accessory charge and was released from custody last year after spending about three years behind bars while awaiting trial.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • His girlfriend, Syanna Ruiz, held their child in court, demanding the defendants remain behind bars.
    — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • Homelessness after incarceration increases the chances that someone will end up back behind bars, at a steep cost to taxpayers.
    — Amber Gaudet july 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Holly returns to save her dad by violently stabbing and killing Crowley, but Voit decides to take the fall for Holly and is put back behind bars.
    — Joyce Eng, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
  • Like a single on the old-skool charts, Sean Combs‘ prison time keeps moving up and down, with the Bad Boy Records founder’s stint behind bars lengthened again.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026

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