On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Conviction. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as belief or condemnation and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Conviction meaning
- A firmly held belief.
- A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
- The state of being wholly convinced.
Synonyms of Conviction
Using Conviction
- The main meaning on this page is: A firmly held belief. | A judgement of guilt in a court of law. | The state of being wholly convinced.
- Useful related words include: strong belief, article of faith, belief, judgment of conviction.
- In the example corpus, conviction often appears in combinations such as: his conviction, the conviction, conviction of.
Context around Conviction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Conviction
- In this selection, "conviction" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, criminal, murder, summary, rate, rates and bolt stand out and add context to how "conviction" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a felony conviction but with, a firm conviction regarding the, criminal conviction and summary conviction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "conviction" sits close to words such as conversion, flash and mechanical, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with conviction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Solomon later saw his conviction overturned; Bruce, who died before the decision, never had his conviction stricken. (17 words)
However, measure conviction not in technical level to technical level moves but rather conviction in fundamentals and volume. (18 words)
Summary conviction offences * Accused must be charged with a summary conviction within 6 months after the act happened. (18 words)
For instance, a conviction arising from a nolo contendere main plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea in the same case, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions. (44 words)
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted just after Trump's conviction found 10% of Republican voters said they are less likely to vote for Trump in November after his conviction, a significant number, given the narrow margins that decide US presidential elections. (41 words)
A 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was a secretary to the commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Virginia man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday following his jury conviction of voluntary manslaughter and another nine years for violating his probation as a result of his conviction.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted just after Trump's conviction found 10% of Republican voters said they are less likely to vote for Trump in November after his conviction, a significant number, given the narrow margins that decide US presidential elections.
He added: "They also continue to bang the drum about low conviction rates with misleading and meaningless comparisons to conviction rates for all cases.
In response to Mudau’s conviction, Bolt commended the police and justice system for their efforts in securing a conviction.
It claimed the Empire State had the seventh highest conviction rate in the entire country, with 95.89% of criminal defendants that went to trial receiving a conviction.
A year-on-year comparison shows that as compared to other crimes, there was improvement in conviction rate in 2019 and the conviction rate for crimes against children has fallen.
However, except for a conviction under section 1 of this chapter, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this chapter.
Oslo – Morocco is still feeling the affects of one criminal conviction for abortion, a conviction that sparked mass protests and drew condemnation from human rights groups.
Although Paul held to a firm conviction regarding the fact that no food is unclean, he recognized that this was not the conviction of all Christians (v. 14).
Avery's first criminal conviction was in 1985 when he was accused of sexually assaulting a local woman - a conviction from which he was later exonerated after spending 18 years in prison.
It takes years to overcome the stigma of a felony conviction but with Breaking the Cycle, participants can avoid the conviction from the start, if they successfully complete the program.
Under the new law, the court will be required to vacate any applicant’s conviction record provided they were 21 or older when the prior misdemeanor marijuana conviction occurred.
He added further that the tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.
He was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder conviction and a consecutive sentence of 25 years for the attempted murder conviction.
However, measure conviction not in technical level to technical level moves but rather conviction in fundamentals and volume.
The final multiplication step produces the conviction rate per 100,000 residents in each subpopulation, which is how criminologists and the governments portray incarceration, crime, and conviction rates.
For instance, a conviction arising from a nolo contendere main plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea in the same case, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions.
Solomon later saw his conviction overturned; Bruce, who died before the decision, never had his conviction stricken.
Summary conviction offences * Accused must be charged with a summary conviction within 6 months after the act happened.
A 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was a secretary to the commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.
Phrases with conviction
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with conviction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his conviction 31×
- the conviction 23×
- conviction of 18×
- conviction for 15×
- conviction in 15×
- and conviction 13×
- conviction and 11×
- criminal conviction 9×
- conviction that 9×
- of conviction 8×