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Sentence meaning

  1. The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
  2. The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
  3. A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

Synonyms of Sentence

string of words doom condemn term time prison term acquittal final decision final judgment condemnation judgment of conviction conviction linguistic string word string declare

Example sentences (20)

I am not one of those people who can form the sentence: "I am done" - I've never been able to form the sentence.

He urged the judge to make the minimum term for Raees Jamal's life sentence to run concurrently with his rape sentence.

But the time remaining in his bribery sentence was added on top, for a final sentence of 15 years, CNN reports.

In vacating the sentence, the high court noted that the sentence was not individualized enough to Borja’s case.

In a statement read to the court, the girl's mum said: "He may have a short prison sentence but we have a life sentence.

The rest of his sentence was handed to him as a conditional sentence with a probation period of one year.

The Judge, Malam Hassan Mohammed, deferred sentence and adjourned the case until March 24 for sentence.

The judge said despite wanting to impose an extended sentence, by law he could not pass down a sentence longer than five years.

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There’s this expectation that a paper should be written from the first sentence to the last sentence in a few writing sessions.

Judge Medland invoked the custodial aspect of the sentence, constituting a 14-month prison sentence.

Lawyer Khawaja Naveed said: “The court has commuted Omar’s death sentence to a seven-year sentence.

They had asked the judge to impose a 40-year sentence, but a 27-year sentence was decided Friday.

Setting aside the life sentence under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, the apex court nevertheless confirmed his 10-year sentence for gang-rape.

President Obama commuted her sentence and Manning was released from military prison in May after serving seven years of a 35-year sentence.

The two-year prison sentence is to be served after Taylor completes the 21-month sentence.

She imposed a sentence of eight years’ imprisonment for the offences in May which she ordered to run consecutively to the one-year sentence.

The Justice Department called for the sentence — which would be more than five years longer than the longest sentence handed down in any Jan.

Manning’s sentence was controversially commuted by President Barack Obama in 2017 after Manning had served seven years of a 35-year sentence.

That was in 2003, and he received a 20-year sentence, so he was relatively close to completing his sentence when he received clemency this year.

Sheriff John Rafferty deferred sentence on Milby for social work reports to be prepared, warning her that she is at risk of a custodial sentence.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sentence" in a sentence?
An example: "I am not one of those people who can form the sentence: "I am done" - I've never been able to form the sentence." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "sentence" from real English texts.
What does "sentence" mean?
Sentence means: The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
What are synonyms of "sentence"?
Common synonyms of "sentence" include: string of words, doom, condemn, term, time, prison term, acquittal, final decision. Plus 7 more synonyms.
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Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "sentence", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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