How to use "penitentiary" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "penitentiary" in popular movie and book plots

  • They are caught the very next day, and Ian is sentenced to two years in juvenile penitentiary at Ft.  - Buffalo Boys
  • The concept of "Arkham City" is then unveiled shortly afterwards: Arkham Asylum and the local penitentiary are closed - permanently.  - Batman: Arkham City (comic book)
  • Johnny Moon is a mob boss who controls everything from politicians to a profitable women's penitentiary he runs.  - Girls in Chains
  • At the film's beginning he visits the warden of the penitentiary where Rogen is incarcerated.  - Supernatural (film)
  • Another reporter, Cy Bowman, agrees to inform the penitentiary that the boys are working under cover for the newspaper once they get arrested.  - Jail Busters
  • Later, Murphy is sent to another penitentiary under the supervision of officer Anne Cunningham, who has significant animosity toward him.  - Silent Hill: Downpour
  • He gains a hard reputation there and afterwards is sent to the state penitentiary for five years for punching a prison monitor.  - Back Door to Heaven
  • Kitani has spent two years in a military penitentiary for a crime he has not committed, the theft of an officer's wallet.  - Zone of Emptiness
  • Jerome wails out his pain in the second penitentiary cell.  - The Holy Thief
  • Eric is then seen in the custody of a penitentiary in lt Cristofuoro's presence.  - Tenderness (2009 film)
  • A former drunkard, Donald had been sent to the penitentiary five years previously for killing a man in a barroom brawl.  - The Bottom of the Bottle
  • A week or so later, after a short trip, Mary returns home to the penitentiary and is surprised not to see Graham working as valet.  - The Criminal Code
  • In 1989, Joe Crandall, an inmate at a federal penitentiary in Pennsylvania, hears screaming from the infirmary.  - Young at Heart (The X-Files)
  • Montana is granted a special request, and he gets to stay overnight at Delano penitentiary where he can see his daughter.  - Blood In Blood Out
  • Lloyd visits him in a federal penitentiary and tells him he will go with Diane to England; he reacts with anger.  - Say Anything...
  • He is sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary for manslaughter.  - Jailhouse Rock (film)

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