How to Use apprehend in a Sentence

apprehend

verb
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  • Within hours, police had apprehended the thief.
  • The suspect, a 36-year-old man, then ran away from deputies after the car was stopped, but he was apprehended by a K-9, deputies said.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The brothers were apprehended and taken to the 103rd Precinct, in Jamaica.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
  • They were apprehended in the early morning hours the next day in a building about 40 miles from their home.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Bivens said Burham was not armed when he was apprehended.
    — USA TODAY, 16 July 2023
  • He has not been apprehended and is ordered held on a $2,000 cash bond.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • He has not been apprehended and is ordered held on a $5,000 cash bond.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • He has not been apprehended and is ordered held on a $3,000 cash bail.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
  • Stokes was the first to be apprehended on Oct. 26 in Montezuma.
    — Mike Gagliardi, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • In August, the numbers of Cubans and Haitians apprehended at sea once again began to soar.
    — Frances Robles, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The deputy who apprehended Soto was struck multiple times and stabbed in one of his hands.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • He was apprehended a few hours later near the 7000 block of Moffett Road.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 29 June 2023
  • They were apprehended in the early morning hours the next day in an art studio in a building about 40 miles from their home.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The suspect was apprehended by other deputies and taken to the Stephens County jail.
    — Michael Williams, Dallas News, 22 July 2023
  • Two of those detainees were apprehended, one was killed in a shootout with law enforcement and the fourth was found dead in a car in New Orleans.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 29 May 2023
  • Don't do this:TSA is apprehending more guns at checkpoints.
    — Rebecca Santana and Rick Gentilo, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
  • Bowers was shot as police apprehended him after a shootout in a classroom on the third floor of the synagogue.
    — David Nakamura The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 3 Aug. 2023
  • As Boden apprehended the guy, Christopher ran the explosive into the park across the street.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Deputies were then able to safely apprehend the suspect, according to the news release.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 14 May 2023
  • She has not yet been apprehended, according to court records.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • He has not been apprehended and is ordered held without bail.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Police moved to the area and a State Police trooper located and apprehended the suspect, the statement said.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Max Walker travels back to 1929 to apprehend a rogue time traveler planning to profit from the stock market crash.
    — Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The names of the two other people, who were indicted but not yet apprehended, remain under seal.
    — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • While the accused in Namibia have been apprehended and prosecuted, those in Iceland still have no charges framed against them.
    — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2023
  • It has been used to rapidly deport migrants who have spent less than two weeks in the United States and were apprehended within the 100-mile border enforcement zone.
    — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • There, the suspect ditched the vehicle and ran into the woods and onto the railroad tracks, where a police canine team apprehended McDowell.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Texas police have apprehended a suspect in the murder of 16-year-old Lizbeth Medina, who was found dead in her apartment on Dec. 5.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Two of them ran into a nearby convenience store, where they were apprehended.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Police, however, after a short foot chase, were able to apprehend the suspect.
    — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023

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