How to Use custody in a Sentence

custody

noun
  • The judge granted custody to the grandparents.
  • She has sole custody of her daughter.
  • The bank provides safe custody for valuables.
  • Of the seven people charged, only one remains in custody on the original bond.
    Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Parents make joint decisions about the kids, regardless of who has custody when the decision needs to be made.
    Christin Perry, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Carter was taken into custody after his June conviction.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The men had been placed in cells while women and children were freed after authorities took them into custody earlier that day.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • This change requires law enforcement to gain access to the phone itself, either through the phone’s owner or by securing the phone in custody.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Kueng and Lane also pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter charges in state court and are in federal custody.
    Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Stines was taken into custody shortly after without incident.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Though Syed’s conviction has been reinstated, he will not immediately be taken back into custody.
    Brian Witte, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The judge found probable cause exists to hold Morales in custody on the charges.
    Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The trial will be rescheduled once Franklin is in custody.
    Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • No suspects were in custody as of about two hours after the shooting.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Detroit police took a suspect in the crash into custody at the scene.
    Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The group said agents gave them no food and minimal water while they were held in custody there.
    K.c. Alfred, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The custody filing occurred around the time June wed now-husband Justin Stroud.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • At least six members are in custody, per the city of Aurora.
    Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 11 Sep. 2024
  • And now all of it is in the custody of the California Highway Patrol.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2023
  • If Kelly did not accept the plea and go into custody, the deal would expire.
    The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
  • There are no suspects in custody, and there is no ongoing threat to the public.
    CBS News, 24 June 2023
  • His friends tried to tell the cops not to take him into custody, but he was handcuffed and arrested.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 18 June 2024
  • Four suspects have been identified, with two held in custody, the SBU said.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 2 July 2024
  • Mendez remains in custody and was ordered to be held without bond.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
  • There are believed to be 159 hostages still in the custody of Hamas or other terrorist groups.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Roderick Johnson was the fourth person to die in the custody of the Tarrant County jail this year.
    Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2024
  • He was pulled over around 12:30 a.m. and was held in police custody overnight before being released the next day.
    Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
  • King is being held at Men’s Central Jail, custody records show.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2024
  • She and the other customers were released later in the day, the woman said on Thursday, but the florist was still in custody and her shop had been closed.
    Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 23 June 2023
  • Font said the fact that Dewees was homeless while caring for four kids would not have been enough to revoke custody.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024

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