juvie

Example Sentences

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“I’m from St. Louis. I ain’t ever been to juvie a day in my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

We don’t need to guess the Q words, since all such solution words also have the letter U. That makes juvie our best guess.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2022

Seventeen years later, when she returns to the Hamptons as Emily, the same canine bounds up to her as if she never got sent to juvie!

From The Guardian • May 25, 2012

I wonder if he has been to juvie before, but decide I don’t really care.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2012

“If you can’t stick it out, I might have to figure out a way to go to juvie with you. And that would suck for both of us.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline