How to Use mug shot in a Sentence

mug shot

noun
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  • His name and mug shot were beamed to screens across the country.
    — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
  • That, more than anything, is what the mug shot makes plain.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The charges will be listed in jail records along with her mug shot.
    — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Taken to jail in handcuffs, the pop star took this mug shot - and weighed in at a frail 120 lbs.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Taken to jail in handcuffs, the pop star took this mug shot — and weighed in at a frail 120 lbs.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • White saw Davis’s mug shot on TV and the wheels of his mind started turning.
    — Time, 2 Oct. 2023
  • There’s no key word in our system to say a photo is a mug shot.
    — cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
  • On the very top of the pile was a black-and-white mug shot of a bearded, bespectacled man.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Trump is the first President to ever pose for a mug shot.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Chitwood posted the boy’s full name and mug shot to his Facebook page.
    — Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Her mug shot showed a large gauze bandage on her neck and fresh pink skin on her shoulder.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 May 2018
  • Ransom's mug shot from Metro Corrections showed him in a neck brace and with a swollen eye.
    — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2021
  • The most recent photo of her to appear online was a mug shot.
    — Jessica Pressler, Town & Country, 17 May 2023
  • He was released hours later and did not have a mug shot taken.
    — Jozsef Papp, ajc, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The mug shot is the antithesis of a selfie, the subject deprived of control.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Ebell is also teeming with funny nods, like a framed photo of Elvis' mug shot and cherub lamps.
    — Aili Nahas, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Stegall’s mug shot appeared on the screen followed by a bag filled with a white substance.
    — Washington Post, 11 May 2022
  • That tattoo is consistent with the tattoo seen in Reed's mug shot.
    — Jenn Selva, CNN, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Harris remembers seeing Sohna’s mug shot in the local news more than once over the years.
    — Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Trump was processed and had a mug shot taken last week before he was released.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In a mug shot published in numerous news accounts, Jimenez has a shaved head and a short goatee.
    — Jordan Michelman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In his mug shot, Vallejo appeared freshly shaved, his beard gone.
    — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2021
  • In her mug shot released by the sheriff’s office, a single tear appears to be rolling down her left cheek.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
  • The mug shot of the woman used in many of the posts shows a woman who was arrested with more than a half-pound of methamphetamine in Indiana.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Steven Zielinski showed the young victim one mug shot — that of Abraham, according to the suit.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The Trump mug shot merch has been popping up along the campaign trail as Trump and others have been stumping across Iowa ahead of the Jan. 15 caucuses.
    — Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • This one features Chet’s mug shot from 1960, when he was arrested on narcotics charges in Italy.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 4 May 2018
  • But New York law enforcement has discretion over whether to take a mug shot of someone charged with a crime.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023
  • His mug shot and a dash cam video of the arrest, which came nearly six weeks after Woods had spinal fusion surgery, went viral.
    — Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 30 May 2018
  • Watch the video to see Garcia unearth other props from the show including Hurley's mug shot, winning lottery ticket with the cursed numbers, and more.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024

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