brig

Example Sentences

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They like Wash more than Titch, whom they throw in the brig, but they are nice, relatively speaking.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

The brig, usually a bare-bones room with a bed and bathroom facilities, does not have iron bars like a traditional jail cell.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024

He was intercepted mid-route by another ship, which returned him to the leaking brig he had tried to escape.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

Together, we hacked a terminal, passed the brig override code across a room in a short game of telephone, and unlocked the door so that they could escape.

From The Verge • Feb. 25, 2022

“How long will the Director hold me in the brig? Can I see my parents? Are they okay?”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed