How to use verdict in a sentence

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• The air was tense as the judge rose to deliver his verdict.From the entry air
• The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.From the entry deliberate
• The verdict of not guilty created a true furor in the courtroom.From the entry furor
• The jury was unaccountably slow to reach a verdict. He was clearly innocent.From the entry unaccountably
• That was a ridiculous verdict. I think the jury was got at.From the entry get at
• The jury returned a verdict of acquittal.From the entry acquittal
• The announcement of the verdict brought a violent reaction.From the entry reaction
• I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.From the entry relieve
• After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed.From the entry sentencing
• The jury handed down a verdict of guilty.From the entry hand down
• The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.From the entry pronouncement
• We are hoping for a proplaintiff verdict.From the entry proplaintiff
• We are hoping for a prodefendant verdict.From the entry prodefendant
• The Chocolate Factory has appealed the Epic verdict and also plans to challenge the DoJ's victory.2024 August 15, Thomas Claburn, “Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious”, in The Register. From the entry Chocolate Factory
• Yoon’s case, “It was a wrong verdict based on faulty investigations.”2020 December 17, Choe Sang-Hun, “He Spent 20 Years in Prison, Until a Serial Killer Confessed to the Crime”, in The New York Times…. From the entry Suwon
• Thitinan said Yingluck's decision to skip the verdict hearing will have "emboldened" the military government.2017 August 25, Euan McKirdy et al, "Arrest warrant to be issued for former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra", in edition.cnn.com, CNN. From the entry edge
• There was a time that the only verdicts a jury could return were proven or not proven.2014, Francis Pakes, Comparative Criminal Justice, page 12. From the entry not proven
• The verdict seemed to be that Blackwood had displayed justifiable chutzpah.2011 May 8, Adam Lusher, “Cheers for Amanda Holden as Shrek the Musical opens”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 09 May 2011. From the entry Shrekkie
• “The strawberriest ice cream I have ever tasted!” was the verdict of my daughter Lindsay.2009, Annette Yates, Ice Cream Made Easy: Homemade Recipes for Ice Cream Machines, Right Way, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry strawberry
• After hearing both sides of the argument, the collegiate panel delivered the verdict: Zhou lost her case.2009, Xinyu Wang, “A Study of Current Employment Discrimination against Women”, in Yuwen Li, Jenny Goldschmidt, editors, Taking Employment…. From the entry Zhanhe
• Verdict: Scary to listen to, with chilling sound effects, nicely judged performances and a largely unseen monster.2000, Mark Campbell, “42) Fury From The Deep (6 episodes)”, in Doctor Who: A Completely and Utterly Unauthorised Guide (Pocket Essentials…. From the entry bed-wettingly
• “Teaching Grandma how to suck eggs” would have been the general verdict upon it.1956 May, P. B. M. Allan, “Larval Foodplants”, in B. R. Stallwood, editor, The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society, volume 15…. From the entry teach grandma how to suck eggs
• The jury is satisfied and the verdict is that you needn't fuss.1908, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 17, in The Primadonna. From the entry that's that
• This verdict was, in untechnical language, an effective reproof for “Supermannish” methods of financiering.1908 January 19, ““Superman” in Business”, in New-York Tribune, volume LXVII, number 22,344, New York, N.Y., page 8, column 2. From the entry supermannish
• It would not be uncharitable to pass a poor verdict on the majority of post-war small station designs.2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 43. From the entry uncharitable
• The long-awaited verdict could inflame tension in the Southeast Asian country and have far-reaching implications in the politically divided kingdom.2017 August 25, “Arrest Threat as Yingluck Shinawatra Misses Verdict”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2021. From the entry inflame
• While the verdict of proven has long since been replaced, that of not proven has survived the test of time.2014, Francis Pakes, Comparative Criminal Justice, page 12. From the entry not proven
• He also speculated drivellingly that the jury might yet return an open verdict on the theory of evolution.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 233. From the entry drivellingly
• The verdict on whether Borderlands is buried treasure or fool's gold will come down when it hits later this year.2009 June 9, “E3 2009: The Five: Borderlands”, in Crispy Gamer. From the entry buried treasure
• For example jury trials were reformed to allow majority verdicts, so that criminals could less easily nobble them.2002, Kevin Jefferys, Labour Forces: From Ernie Bevin to Gordon Brown, page 107. From the entry nobble
• Yes, I can understand how people were shocked and outraged by the verdict in the Rodney King trial.1992 May 19 (date delivered), Dan Quayle, “[Appendix: Selected Speeches] Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, May 19, 1992 (on…. From the entry mayhem
• But when a courtroom jury, asked for its verdict, breaks into song, we know we're not in Kansas anymore.1990 October 1, “Critics' Voices”, in Time, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2013. From the entry not in Kansas anymore
• The man agreed, no doubt believing it would be helpful to have the verdict of a member of the public.1989, Buranelli, Vincent, Thomas Alva Edison, Silver Burdett Press, page 27. From the entry teataster
• Some maintain that arbitration avoids prejudiced juries and sympathy verdicts, but such remarks may merely reflect their utterers' antijury bias.1961, Harvard Law Review, volume 74, page 457. From the entry utterer
• He elocuted to them and he also admitted that he was guilty of the counts that hung where the jury didn’t reach a verdict.2019 March 13, The Beat with Ari Melber, spoken by Daniel Alonso, via MSNBC. From the entry elocute

Meaning of verdict

1. noun A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
2. noun An opinion or judgement.

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Questions about verdict in a sentence

How do you use verdict in a sentence?

Verdict is used as a noun. For example: “The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.”

What is a short sentence with verdict?

“I hope the court overturns his verdict.”

What does verdict mean?

Verdict means a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.