How to Use warden in a Sentence

warden

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  • There, the warden led him to a dirty pile of roots and small gray logs.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Jan. 2022
  • Jose Morales, who was the warden of the unit that housed Mr. Cofield, could not be reached.
    — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Three days after that, the warden of the prison was killed, too.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Jose Morales was the warden of the prison when Cofield arrived.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The warden was made aware of the call, according to the lawsuit.
    — Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The prison staff didn’t know much about the new acting warden.
    — Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The warden called Dotson's brother on the evening of Nov. 16 and informed him of the death.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The husband tries to get away with shenanigans, and the wife is his warden.
    — Vulture, 29 Oct. 2023
  • My dad worked as a beach warden, and my mom was a seamstress.
    — Vogue, 29 Apr. 2022
  • But two friends from the workhouse have stowed away in the warden's car, with plans to go to New York City.
    — Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The weight slip, signed by the store owner and co-signed by the local warden read 300 pounds.
    — Bob Humphrey, Outdoor Life, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Pyle served as the prison’s warden for 15 months and has been employed by DOC for 23 years.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2023
  • The man is a warden, not a geologist as claimed in the post.
    — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Sparks said he’s tried for the last few weeks to get through to the warden, without success.
    — Grace Toohey, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2020
  • The former warden was sentenced to more than five years in prison in March.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The man in the photo, a warden whose name is Syahrul, is one of those caretakers.
    — Bayliss Wagner, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Whether the instructions came from the warden or Charles ... who knows?
    — Julia Hollingsworth and Adam Renton, CNN, 13 Mar. 2021
  • Near the dead eagle, Maine wildlife warden Neal Wykes had found a dead loon chick.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2020
  • The prison warden read aloud the death warrant, then asked whether there were any final words.
    — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The judge added that Simpson did not try to interview the warden.
    — Ivana Hrynkiw | [email protected], al, 20 Oct. 2022
  • There are stowaways in the trunk of the warden’s car who want to take the story in one direction.
    — Time, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Two mayors had been murdered, and the warden of a prison in Manabí had been killed.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • So the warden assembled the prison band, which made a quick record that Hill played all night and right up to the gas chamber door.
    — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • He was sent to the city dog warden in Columbus, then to a shelter, where he was rescued.
    — Mike Giuliano, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2020
  • In 2017, some were finally caught, and a new warden was named.
    — Christian Boone, ajc, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Small notes smuggled to his wife through a prison warden speak to Roenne’s motives.
    — Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The brother told the warden that the family wanted the body to be released to them, according to the suit.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The warden recorded the weigh-in on video and measured the fish, cementing Theron Thompson’s place in the record books.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The inmates would then submit those elections in writing to the former prison warden, Cynthia Stewart-Riley.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2024
  • To break free, players must communicate and collaborate across their cells, solving puzzles that lead to a nerve-wracking journey through the warden’s office.
    — David Hochman, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024

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