How to Use judgment in a Sentence

judgment

noun
  • I won a judgment against the bank.
  • The court granted a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.
  • We have to make a judgment about the value of their services.
  • The judgment of the editors is final.
  • Use your own best judgment.
  • Don't rush to judgment without examining the evidence.
  • But a fear of judgment and ridicule has always held me back from taking the plunge in public.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2023
  • This shame game stifles personal judgment and is not a good look for film journalists.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Calling Jones’s song ‘bad’ art, for example, can be a formal judgment or a moral one.
    Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2023
  • That’s how much Trump owes in total legal judgments against him since the start of 2023.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Segal did not respond to the foundation’s lawsuit and a judge issued a default judgment against him.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Padilla raised Drake’s name as a lead that detectives failed to investigate in their rush to judgment.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2023
  • This means actively listening and encouraging kids to share their thoughts without fear of judgment.
    Christin Perry, Parents, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This allows someone to express their true emotions without judgment or expectation.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2024
  • As Gulliver traversed the globe, so Pampa sails through time, discovering in each era new examples of men’s vanity and judgment.
    Ron Charles, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Her story reveals that true humanity transcends appearance and societal judgment.
    Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • That would have changed if the EU judgment had gone the other way.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The appeals court reversed that judgment and sent the case back.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 4 July 2024
  • Though some of the property was seized and auctioned, most of the judgment hadn’t been paid.
    Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • As with the rest of the film, Sorelle withholds from making many judgments here too.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The letter does not mean the department has made any judgment as to the merit of the case.
    Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 20 May 2024
  • If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
  • This was the purpose: to clear your mind without judgment.
    Kyle Dillon Hertz, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But if the non-boyfriend boyfriend is not your thing, then that’s not your thing — no judgment either way.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Teens don’t have fully formed frontal lobes, the part of the brain that controls impulse and judgment.
    Maida Lynn Chen, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The film sifts through all of this with clear eyes, imagination, and a lack of overt judgment.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
  • No judgment, no conflict, and an abundance of laughs are the hallmark of this group.
    Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • Maybe because his decision to give her the tea is a very small act of judgment.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • This judgment, like the magazine’s assessment of the threat of WMD, has proved to be false.
    John B. Judis, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2023

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