mental institution
Example Sentences
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Her sister commits her to a mental institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
She was incarcerated for six years, most of which she spent in prison and some of which she spent in a mental institution and in exile in a Siberian penal colony.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Dot does that many times over throughout the season, even slipping free of the mental institution where Lorraine tries to have her committed against her will.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2024
In “Blackouts,” the narrator and Juan Gay first meet as inmates in a mental institution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
And for the first time, she learned that her sister had been committed to a mental institution called Crownsville.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
