How to Use judge in a Sentence

judge

1 of 2 noun
  • She's one of the strictest judges in the state.
  • He served as a judge at the baking contest.
  • She is a good judge of character.
  • The judge scrapped the ban and warned against new rules.
    NBC News, 31 Mar. 2020
  • But then the score flashed across the five judge's screens.
    Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The down judge lines up on the line of scrimmage and directs the chain crew.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 7 Feb. 2021
  • To have a judge and lawyers then doubt her work was a blow to her pride.
    Oscar Schwartz, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Turn the beef into art and let fans be the judge of who’s earned the crown.
    Shanetta McDonald, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The state also can ask judges to order the homes to be sold.
    Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The parties have told the judge that the case could run into March.
    Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Leon can object to the filing and have a judge review it.
    Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The case has yet to assigned to a judge or scheduled for a hearing.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • If the judge agrees, the court could issue an order to stop the nuisance.
    Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The judge said the group can’t use courts to circumvent the claims and appeal process.
    Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The judge prompted Chaudhry to move along in her line of inquiry.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The hearing was less than five minutes long and the judge was very nice and wished me good luck.
    Danielle Corcione, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2018
  • A month later, the judge ruled that Rini was able to face the charges.
    John Caniglia, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The court turned them down by a tie vote, with five judges in favor and five against.
    Adam Liptak, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The court filing is a request to the judge, and will set off a long legal fight.
    Carolyn Y. Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 11 June 2018
  • To her great surprise, the head judge took her aside and pitched her a career in opera.
    Annie Alleman, Naperville Sun, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The judge ruled in April that the children could move back home with their parents.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Two of the three judges agreed that jury instructions were flawed.
    Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
  • In a courtroom, Dan holds court with the boys' club of judges and lawyers.
    Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 3 June 2020
  • But the judge also decreed that the Kinchlows could not live there.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The judge and attorneys took two and a half weeks to select a jury.
    Fox News, 5 Nov. 2021
  • She was removed as a judge and no longer has her law license.
    Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 22 July 2019
  • The judge could choose to sentence based solely on those guidelines.
    CBS News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • To handle judges who are way off, off the charts on what they’re supposed to do.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Glamour and vanity do not have to be the judge and jury.
    Alex Wagner, SPIN, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The judge didn’t reject the existence of the harms, or even that they were caused by oil spills.
    IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2023
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judge

2 of 2 verb
  • Who are you to judge me?
  • If you are accused of a crime you have the right to be judged by a jury of your peers.
  • The jury will be asked to judge the defendant's guilt.
  • We should do whatever we judge to be the right thing.
  • He was trying to judge the strength of his opponent.
  • He feels that they have judged him unfairly.
  • You should not judge people by their appearance.
  • Don't judge her too severely.
  • But the court ruled that the dogs could not be judged by their height alone.
    David Rising, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2020
  • To judge by the race so far, our chances do not look good.
    Holly Thomas, CNN, 16 July 2022
  • Nor is it meant to judge her only by the hue of her skin.
    Byron McCauley, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2020
  • And that knows how to judge the risks that humans pose to them.
    National Geographic, 23 June 2020
  • The online world can be quick to judge and slow to forgive.
    Anna Jankowska, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • But that’s hard to judge from a press box hundreds of feet above the field.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2017
  • John Lynch’s good idea is to put a chip in the ball to judge first downs.
    Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Here’s a bit more about the folks who helped to judge our winning items.
    SELF, 5 Nov. 2019
  • If that’s the case for you, try not to judge or blame yourself.
    Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • In addition, don’t judge their work hours by the clock of the school day.
    chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • But doctors and nurses were not quick to judge or blame him.
    Noah Sheidlower and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN, 1 Nov. 2021
  • These are matters to be judged case by case, or frame by frame.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • And judging from its long life on the air, the public seemed to think so, too.
    Sarah Schutte, National Review, 29 Nov. 2019
  • But maybe its critics have all been a little hasty to judge so hard.
    Abigail Gruskin, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2022
  • There was this great show that people were going to judge me against.
    Greg Braxtonsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The burly man recoiled, then shot back that only a court could judge him.
    Michael E. Miller and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Those who recognize that aren’t quick to judge but are faster to lend a hand.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Both note this was still an early draft, and hope it will be judged as such.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2019
  • French onion soup reminds us not to judge books by covers.
    Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Adult cat food has less calories and is more lean, as adults seem to play less and judge more.
    Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Those who judge Greene by his numbers are missing the point.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022
  • Haskell told Williams, who had returned to judge the pageant.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 Dec. 2017

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