Sentence examples for end up serving time from inspiring English sources

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Serve time.

When someone is serving time, they are in prison.

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How did Zachary end up serving time as an "adult"?

But if you take that same item next-door in Florida, you've committed a felony: You could end up serving time in state prison and lose your right to vote.

But if you take that same item next-door in Florida, you've committed a felony: you could end up serving time in state prison and lose your right to vote.

Those people -- the bulk of the 4.4 million Americans stopped by police officers in cities like New York, or the millions profiled by ICE officers in cities from Los Angeles to Chicago -- may or may not end up serving time behind bars in a state or federal facility, but they are still confined and contained.

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"I had a cousin that ended up serving time," Mr. Burnham said, adding that many of his former comrades got into trouble when they returned home.

Critics say that the laws are unfair because most of those sentenced have been low-level addicts and sellers who end up serving more time than major importers and dealers, and that they would be better served by drug-treatment programs rather than prison.

In spite of these arrests, relatively few people end up serving prison time for their involvement with the drug.

As the rave scene started to change toward the turn of the century, Jonny and Nick were caught and ended up serving time.

"Instead of all the red tape, we should roll out the red carpet, because every time one of these farmers' markets succeeds, you end up serving a community that has no access to this produce," Stringer told the Times.

As we have seen time and again, failure to do so can end up serving as a recruiting agent for terrorists.

Here's the problem: Schools typically spend an inordinate amount of time and money creating their own branded networking platforms, which usually just end up serving as glorified alumni directories.

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