Sentence examples for delinquents for from inspiring English sources

And, then, of course, they offered up the "juvenile delinquents" for the benefit of the owners of the new jail.

"We are humans," Nadal said, adding that athletes should not be made to feel like "delinquents" for playing sports.

Re "Whether to Kill Those Who Killed as Youths" (front page, Aug. 22): As a psychologist who worked extensively with delinquents for many years, I witnessed the cumulative effects of both overt abuse and covert abuse or neglect.

The researchers asked students to volunteer with juvenile delinquents for two hours a week for two years.

And then, immediately after they got the door slammed in their face, the researchers asked the students to chaperone the juvenile delinquents for "just" a one-day trip to the zoo.

The Act provided that "there shall be appointed in each district" a "person learned in the law to act as attorney for the United States in such district, who shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful execution of his office, whose duty it shall be to prosecute in such district all delinquents for crimes and offences, cognizable under the authority of the United States".

Most customers must be delinquent for 90 days or longer.

The average household in foreclosure has been delinquent for more than 500 days.

"What's causing the high rates now is people who have been delinquent for a long time," Mr. Martin said.

1 J. C. Leyland (23 Lane Ings, Marsden, Huddersfield HD7 6JP): See plod rebuking a delinquent for what fouls up kerb-loading?

After the banks' revelations about their procedures, the average number of days delinquent for a foreclosed property rose to 507 days in December, its first time above 500.