Example Sentences

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“Thank God,” said Huish, and he lay down upon that peculiarly soft bed provided by a humane Government at police-stations for arrested people, and slept soundly for hours.

From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville

I heard the names of streets and of police-stations.

From My Little Sister by Robins, Elizabeth

All these false scents were duly reported to headquarters through the local police-stations, with no other result than to increase the sultriness of the atmosphere at Scotland Yard.

From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George

The jail in Sauveterre is not at all like the police-stations and prisons of larger towns.

From Within an Inch of His Life by Gaboriau, Émile

He had read in the newspapers how they gave soup at the police-stations in Boston in the winter; perhaps they gave something in summer.

From The Minister's Charge by Howells, William Dean