BAIL in a Sentence

Learn BAIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
15 example sentences for BAIL, such as:
1. The boat will sink unless we bail out.
2. The accused was released on bail pending trial.
3. The accused's elder sister bailed her out of jail.
4. He was arrested, and released on bail at the trial.
5. In that case money is found for his bail or his defence.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BAIL
bail
 v.  remove (water) from a vessel with a container
 n.  the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
Classic Sentence:
1  He was arrested, and released on bail at the trial.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Context  Highlight   In III
2  There were hardened criminals and innocent men too poor to give bail; old men, and boys literally not yet in their teens.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
3  Harper did not appear, however, until after the prisoner, feeling very weak and ill, had been hailed into court and remanded at five hundred dollars' bail to await the result of his victim's injuries.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
4  In that case money is found for his bail or his defence.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
5  Both fountains were going furiously and both pumps bailing with might and main.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
6  Miss Sherwin's trying to repair the holes in this barnacle-covered ship of a town by keeping busy bailing out the water.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence:
1  Grimes is out on bail and his attorney, Martin Goldberg, declined to comment Wednesday.
2  The accused was released on bail pending trial.
3  They will discuss how to bail the economy out of its slump.
4  Carpenter is free on bail while he appeals his conviction.
5  She keeps running up huge debts and asking friends to bail her out.
6  The boat will sink unless we bail out.
7  Amid growing discontent in South Africa at the verdict, the Steenkamps criticised judge Thokozile Masipa for being too lenient on the athlete, who was instead convicted of culpable homicide, the South African equivalent of manslaughter, and granted bail.
8  The club faced bankruptcy until a wealthy local businessman bailed them out.
9  The accused's elder sister bailed her out of jail.