Explore Pardoned through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Pardoned in a sentence
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Pardoned meaning
simple past and past participle of pardon
Using Pardoned
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of pardon
- In the example corpus, pardoned often appears in combinations such as: pardoned by, was pardoned, pardoned and.
Context around Pardoned
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pardoned
- In this selection, "pardoned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, broadly, governor, mohammed, former, eugene and thousands stand out and add context to how "pardoned" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 71 inmates pardoned by president and also broadly pardoned those convicted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pardoned" sits close to words such as activision, adamawa and andrade, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pardoned
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is free, he was pardoned. (6 words)
Trump pardoned Bannon but indicted him on comparable state crimes. (10 words)
And while he was at it, President Harding also pardoned Eugene Debs. (12 words)
He's also broadly pardoned those convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, and pardoned former US service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex. (41 words)
The administration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been under fire for its handling of the disaster at first, then again in 2018 for an amnesty program that pardoned millions of building code violations. (33 words)
Some of the 71 inmates pardoned by President Salva Kiir have appealed to the country to forgive them for their wrongdoings as they return to their communities to rebuild their lives. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
He's also broadly pardoned those convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, and pardoned former US service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.
And while he was at it, President Harding also pardoned Eugene Debs.
A woman has been pardoned and released from prison after serving 20 years in Australia for the death of her four children.
Conservative activist Roger Stone, who Trump pardoned for allegedly lying to Congress, Kennedy’s campaign will “soften up” Biden’s eventual run against the Republican nominee.
Debs' supporters, including film star Mae West, lobbied to get him pardoned.
He is free, he was pardoned.
However in late 2021 Park was pardoned by then president Moon Jae-in and released from prison.
In January 2020, Illinois recreational marijuana “as the governor pardoned thousands for past low-level cannabis convictions,” AFP reported at the time.
Longtime allies are just a few of the others Trump pardoned over the course of his term.
Meek was pardoned by outgoing Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on drug and weapons charges.
More than 1,000 others were imprisoned before being pardoned, while dozens more were tortured or disappeared, according to NGOs and the opposition.
On Tuesday, President Sheikh Mohammed pardoned 1,025 prisoners before the start of Ramzan.
She never expected to be pardoned; however, because of her good behaviour, she was placed in a half-house.
Some of the 71 inmates pardoned by President Salva Kiir have appealed to the country to forgive them for their wrongdoings as they return to their communities to rebuild their lives.
That fueled questions about the legitimacy of the evidence against him, especially when he was released and pardoned in 1992 after serving just eight years of his sentence.
The administration of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been under fire for its handling of the disaster at first, then again in 2018 for an amnesty program that pardoned millions of building code violations.
The Islamic Republic is keen to execute "unknown" opponents before their cases garner publicity and subsequent them pardoned or freed.
The statement added that some of the pardoned inmates had spent 25 years awaiting execution.
This year’s Thanksgiving turkey to be pardoned on Thanksgiving at the White House will come from Minnesota.
Trump pardoned Bannon but indicted him on comparable state crimes.
Common combinations with pardoned
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pardoned by 34×
- was pardoned 32×
- pardoned and 14×
- be pardoned 13×
- trump pardoned 11×
- pardoned for 9×
- pardoned in 9×
- pardoned him 9×
- were pardoned 9×
- has pardoned 8×