Examples of the slammer in a Sentence
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Then, the slammer's passenger would claim to have been operating the vehicle leading up to the car wreck.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
There's something undeniably sweet about this perennial classic, despite that, if it were made today, he'd be handcuffed and thrown in the slammer.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
However, the esteemed personality admitted that the seven seasons of The Martha Stewart Show were comparable to her time in the slammer.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The nominees have taken different paths to Philadelphia, with Harris debate-prepping in Pittsburgh and Trump saying and posting more outlandish things — even threatening, if elected, to throw his opponents in the slammer.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Cobby, meanwhile, is a sarcastic loner fresh from a stint in the slammer.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
Taylor Swift is fresh out the slammer, and right back into the Eras Tour grind.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 May 2024
So far the longest time one of them has spent in the slammer is 13 years: In 2012, Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years for selling $7 billion of fraudulent certificates of deposits in one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever.
—Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
His fine was $50 million and possible time in the slammer.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
There's something undeniably sweet about this perennial classic, despite that, if it were made today, he'd be handcuffed and thrown in the slammer.
—Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024
However, the esteemed personality admitted that the seven seasons of The Martha Stewart Show were comparable to her time in the slammer.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The nominees have taken different paths to Philadelphia, with Harris debate-prepping in Pittsburgh and Trump saying and posting more outlandish things — even threatening, if elected, to throw his opponents in the slammer.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Cobby, meanwhile, is a sarcastic loner fresh from a stint in the slammer.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2024
Taylor Swift is fresh out the slammer, and right back into the Eras Tour grind.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 May 2024
So far the longest time one of them has spent in the slammer is 13 years: In 2012, Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years for selling $7 billion of fraudulent certificates of deposits in one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever.
—Devin Sean Martin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
His fine was $50 million and possible time in the slammer.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
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“The slammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20slammer. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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