PRISONER in a Sentence

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Roguet had set the lugubrious example of threatening with death any French grenadier who should bring him a Prussian prisoner.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRISONER
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
prisoner
 n.  a person who is kept in prison as a punishment
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He ordered my wounds to be dressed, and took me to his quarters as a prisoner of war.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  The advocate had seemed to admit that the prisoner was Jean Valjean.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
3  The prisoner shook his head with a capable air, like a man who has thoroughly understood, and who knows what answer he is going to make.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
4  These are the terms of his deposition: 'I do not even stand in need of circumstantial proofs and moral presumptions to give the lie to the prisoner's denial.'
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
5  Brevet looked at the prisoner, then turned towards the court.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
6  Chenildieu was brought in, a prisoner for life, as was indicated by his red cassock and his green cap.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
7  Cochepaille was no less savage and seemed even more stupid than the prisoner.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
8  Javert was just getting out of bed when the messenger handed him the order of arrest and the command to produce the prisoner.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED
9  Roguet had set the lugubrious example of threatening with death any French grenadier who should bring him a Prussian prisoner.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE
10  Duhesme, the general of the Young Guard, hemmed in at the doorway of an inn at Genappe, surrendered his sword to a huzzar of death, who took the sword and slew the prisoner.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—THE CATASTROPHE
11  Any man who has been a prisoner understands how to contract himself to fit the diameter of the escape.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
12  The prisoner is subject to flight as the sick man is subject to a crisis which saves or kills him.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—IN WHICH JEAN VALJEAN HAS QUITE THE AIR OF HAV...
13  Leblanc, were trying to plunge the sharp points which darted from the pupils into the very conscience of his prisoner.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
14  When the prisoner's right arm was free, Thenardier dipped the pen in the ink and presented it to him.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
15  The prisoner shuddered, and raised his eyes to Thenardier.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  The prisoner escaped through a hole in the wall.
17  Further complications arose when the newspapers published an interview with the prisoner's family.
18  The judge looked over to the prisoner in the dock.
19  The judge pronounced against the prisoner, and he was led away by the policeman.
20  A clever lawyer can cozen the prisoner into an admission of guilt.
21  A clever lawyer should be able to trick the prisoner into an admission of guilt.
22  They were taken prisoner while on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines.
23  Mr Ferguson said the prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
24  The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.
25  Several religious leaders have interceded with the authorities on behalf of the condemned prisoner.
26  The soldier reported that a prisoner was at large.
27  He had no special privileges and was treated just like every other prisoner.
28  He loosed the ropes that bound the prisoner, thus allowing him to jump up and escape.
29  They fetter the prisoner to the wall.
30  Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive.