Alcatraz
[al-kuh-traz]
- a small island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: site of a U.S. penitentiary 1933–63.
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Examples from the Web for alcatraz
Contemporary Examples
Mostly because Oye, This Cell Is Drafty had already been used for Escape From Alcatraz, years before.
Alcatraz had its birdman, and Greenhaven had one too; a real connoisseur.
You see, gone are the days when a supernatural dramas like Lost or its rip-offs Alcatraz, Invasion, or The River dominated TV.
Alcatraz and Terra Nova did not live past 13 episodes and Fringe had to fight to make to it to five seasons.
When you use an example, you can use the word AS, and AT tells you where, such as "At Alcatraz."
Historical Examples
I know better than you do what Alcatraz is like, and I'm not going back there if I can help it.
By ProxyGordon Randall Garrett
"I didn't know things were so pleasant at Alcatraz," Elshawe said.
By ProxyGordon Randall Garrett
At flood-times it may be traced, a yellowish, turgid streak, as far as Alcatraz.
CaliforniaMary Austin
That's all right; but for God's sake, gentlemen, don't send me to Alcatraz—don't put me in jail, leave me free to work.
A Wounded NameCharles King
Howbeit she soon forgot this fancy in lazily watching a boat that, in the teeth of the gale, was beating round Alcatraz Island.
On the FrontierBret Harte
Alcatraz
- an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
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Word Origin and History for alcatraz
Alcatraz
see albatross.
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