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How to use judgment in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Judgment means the act of judging. Example: “He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.”

Examples of judgment by meaning

nounThe act of judging.

  • The key to the situation was judgment of the role the railways could play in modern times.1962 December, “Dr. Beeching previews the plan for British Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 376

nounThe power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding...

  • a politician without judgment

More sentences with judgment

  • He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.From the entry field
  • He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.From the entry hesitate
  • Artifices will not avail the sinner in the day of judgment.From the entry avail
  • I will reserve judgment until I have actually read his book.From the entry reserve
  • Funny how the thought of huge profits can warp your judgment.From the entry warp
  • The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.From the entry respond
  • The judgment will be set aside based on the client's perjurous answer to the judge's direct questions.From the entry perjurous
  • Of all the opinions, this one instanced in by you is in your judgment the truest.From the entry instance in
  • I reposed a great deal of confidence in his judgment.From the entry confidence
  • A judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence.From the entry conclude
  • The story entangles the facts with value judgments.From the entry entangle
  • Against my better judgment I gave them one last chance.From the entry against one's better judgment
  • We submit to their superior judgment.From the entry submit
  • I never saw thinge done by you which preposterated or perverted the good judgment that all the world esteemeth to shine in you.From the entry preposterate
  • Philosophy was below the radar because it had the freest judgment.2026 May 9, Hollis Robbins, “What does the "higher" in higher ed mean? AI is forcing the question”, in Anecdotal Value [Substack newsletter]. From the entry higher education
  • Trump — and being telegenic does not necessarily mean having good policy or judgment or decision-making instincts.2024 July 22, James Poniewozik, “One Night of TV Canceled a President”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry telegenic
  • In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency.2024, Amy Coney Barrett, concurring in part and concurring in the judgement in Trump v. Anderson, March 2 2024. From the entry stridency
  • The United States cannot stand idly by and let its economic relationship with Beijing cloud its judgment.2019 December 19, Grace Funk, “Opinion: The U.S. should do more to stop China's reeducation camps”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from…. From the entry final solution
  • The judgment rules allow this kind of shaking slightly, avoiding misrelease.2019, Masaaki Kurosu, Human-Computer Interaction. Recognition and Interaction, page 323. From the entry misrelease
  • The burden of judgment imposed by the politics of respectability can easily colonize black minds.2017, Christopher J. Lebron, The Making of Black Lives Matter: A Brief History of an Idea, →ISBN. From the entry colonize
  • For the rest of us, each day’s variable solar conditions require a judgment call.2017, Bob Berman, Zapped: From Infrared to X-rays, the Curious History of Invisible Light, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry SPF
  • Yes, it is way too early to make snap judgments about the impact on the title race.2015 August 16, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian. From the entry fist
  • Ezekiel outlines the harlotry of Judah followed by a thirty-two-fold judgment.2013, Jerome Strong, Spiritual Musings II: Sermons, Musings & Exegesis. From the entry -fold
  • What are gods for if not to sit in judgment over men?"2011, George R. R. Martin, “The Ugly Little Girl”, in A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire; 5), London: Voyager Books, published…. From the entry mayhaps
  • Every now and then, the older broom must trust the young broom's judgment.2011, Sylvia Bronner Walker, Little Nuggets for Life's Experiences, →ISBN. From the entry a new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners
  • It was a case of mistaken analysis leading to a correct judgment.2011, Henry Kissinger, On China, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 217. From the entry Zhenbao
  • But never before has a scandal cast doubts on the judgment and authority of a pope.2010 March 19, Riazat Butt, John Hooper, “Calamity for pope as the past – and case of Peter Hullermann – returns to haunt him”, in The…. From the entry black-collar
  • Cameras may have deprived officials of what amounts to umpirical judgment.2009 March 13, Scott Simon, “Baseball Law and Those Who Uphold It”, in New York Times. From the entry umpirical
  • A neg is not an insult but a negative social value judgment that is telegraphed.2007 February 6, Erik von Markovik, The Mystery Method: How to Get Beautiful Women Into Bed, St. artin's Press, →ISBN, →OL, page 94. From the entry neg
  • They just rushed to judgment without any notice of who her accusers were, what the accusations were.2007, Henry Jones, "Teacher Cleared of Having Sex with Students Sues School District," Hannity & Colmes, FOX News Network, August 27, 2007. From the entry Nifong
  • John counseled that I proceed cautiously, hear Hy out before making any judgments.2007, Marcia Muller, The Ever-Running Man, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry hot-headed
  • To be sure, all judgment—no matter whether it is contentually analytic or synthetic—is based on synthesis.2007 November 23, Günter Zöller, “Kant and the problem of existential judgment: critical comments on Wayne Martin’s Theories of Judgment”…. From the entry contentually
  • The method of debiasing depends on the type of focalism affecting one's judgments.2007, Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, page 353. From the entry focalism
  • In such contexts, the ישבים are those who “besit” large estates and seats of judgment and power.2006, Philip Francis Esler, Ancient Israel: The Old Testament in Its Social Context, page 157. From the entry besit
  • This probably ought to be a judgment call made by individual teachers who know their students well.2005, Jackie Wiggins, “Fostering Revision and Extension in Student Composing”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 91, number 3, page 37. From the entry judgment call
  • A neocanon is formed from judgments about whether one is worthy of being included.2005, Melinda L. De Jesus, Pinay Power: Peminist Critical Theory, page 145. From the entry downness
  • But one need not make moral judgments in doing entelechial analysis.2004, Herbert W. Simmons, “The Rhetorical Legacy of Kenneth Burke”, in Walter Jost, Wendy Olmsted, editors, A Companion to Rhetoric and…. From the entry entelechial
  • Then I beheld thrones and those who sat upon them, and judgment was granted to them.2003 [around 100 CE], “Chapter Twenty”, in Mark B. Arey, Philemon D. Sevastiades, transl., edited by Patra McSharry Sevastiades…. From the entry charagma

Meaning of judgment

  1. noun The act of judging.
  2. noun The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely.
  3. noun The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

Full definition of judgment

Questions about judgment in a sentence

How do you use judgment in a sentence?
Judgment is used as a noun. For example: “He needs some time in the field before his judgment can be trusted.”
What is a short sentence with judgment?
“a politician without judgment”
What does judgment mean?
Judgment means the act of judging.

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