holding cell
Example Sentences
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Maduro is currently in a holding cell in Manhattan.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 10, 2026
Brown also said that ICE refused to provide key details about the holding cell at the Islip courthouse.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2025
She also said the room resembled a "holding cell" and many autistic children find being deprived of sensory stimulation traumatising.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
Zhoie Perez slouched against the holding cell wall in Men’s Central Jail and closed her eyes, hoping a guard would jolt her awake with the words she’d been waiting for: The bus is here!
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
What happens in the holding cell is you’re mixed in with the people who’ve been in prison awaiting trial for weeks and months.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
