behind bars
In prison, as in All murderers should be put behind bars for life. The bars here refer to the iron rods used to confine prisoners. [c. 1900]
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How to use behind bars in a sentence
Prosecutors wanted him to spend at least 10 years behind bars.
Abramoff’s Advice for Virginia’s New Jailhouse Guv | Tim Mak, Jackie Kucinich | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe later accepted a plea deal that put him behind bars for 25 years.
An Informant, a Missing American, and Juarez’s House of Death: Inside the 12-Year Cold Case of David Castro | Bill Conroy | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI had been arrested by the Mubarak regime and went on to spend four years behind bars.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe framing was that I had the power to stop a criminal by putting him behind bars through direct eyewitness testimony.
Rage Against GamerGate’s Hate Machine: What I Got For Speaking Up | Arthur Chu | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProsecutors have fought the process, insisting that Maharaj is guilty and must remain behind bars.
Did Pablo Escobar Frame a Millionaire for Murdering Banana-Shipping Money Launderers? | Jacqui Goddard | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It made you feel ridiculously self-conscious, standing behind bars like this and shouting into emptiness.
Young People's Pride | Stephen Vincent BenetHer view of the burgess English imaged a mighty monster behind bars, to whom we offer anything but our hand.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithIn all the parlour there was but one object for which he had a seemly respect—the vast painting of a recumbent lion behind bars.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon WilsonTo-morrow morning I shall breakfast at your expense, unless you shall decide that I must breakfast behind bars.
The Gay Cockade | Temple BaileyTo place him behind bars would mean the end of his immediate activities.
The Substitute Prisoner | Max Marcin
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