How to Use Jane Doe in a Sentence

Jane Doe

noun
  • Bone Lake Jane Doe has her name back.
    — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 15 June 2026
  • Victim 2, known as Jane Doe wasn’t there.
    — Essence, 7 Oct. 2025
  • For weeks after, she was known only as Jane Doe.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Hegseth was bare-chested, but Jane Doe does not know if his shirt was completely off.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The episode ends with him crying while holding Baby Jane Doe.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Lead detective Jones said the baby was Jane Doe for months.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • With Liles on the offensive, lawyers for the Jane Doe are fighting back.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
  • Does Robby adopt Baby Jane Doe?
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 June 2026
  • The lawsuit doesn't name the seventh-grader, who is referred to as Jane Doe.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Filing this lawsuit — first as Jane Doe, and now as myself — is not an act of revenge.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2025
  • Five of the plaintiffs in the suits are named, while five are listed anonymously as Jane Doe.
    — Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
  • View Jane Doe's Silent Witness flyer.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025
  • One of Jane Doe's daughters also worked at HMS part-time.
    — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Marriott and Jane Doe are still listed as defendants in the new lawsuit.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Now, the Jane Doe's identity has now been discovered.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The new lawsuit claims Buzbee’s firm failed to adequately vet Jane Doe.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Mitchell says the text messages do not cast doubt on Jane Doe’s allegations against Brown.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
  • About 2013, Jane Doe needed a new computer to start the school year.
    — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • She was identified only as Jane Doe in the documents.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The Jane Doe plaintiff brought her lawsuit in February.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The same year, Manson settled a suit with an anonymous Jane Doe who also alleged rape.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The complaint was filed by an Epstein victim who used the pseudonym Jane Doe.
    — Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The woman, who has been called Jane Doe in the defamation case, did not respond to a request for an interview.
    — Vimal Patel, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The cousin, called Jane Doe in the filing, watched as the horrific events after unfolded.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 25 July 2025
  • The Jane Doe claimed Allen had also videoed the encounter without her permission.
    — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 28 July 2023
  • This pressure included code words for acts Lovell wanted Jane Doe to perform.
    — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The woman was identified by the pseudonym Jane Doe and the two officers were not named in the suit.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The order stems from a lawsuit filed by an anonymous Jane Doe in June 2023.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Glover claims in the motion to strike that Jane Doe first contacted him online in 2015.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026
  • The suit was filed in Las Vegas by a woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2025

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