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.
  • That would have changed if the EU judgment had gone the other way.
    David Phelan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • 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 is a state issue, Kristen, and each state should make their own judgment on this.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The world should be able to see what's happening and make their own judgments about what's going on.
    CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Trump will likely post a bond that will stay the enforcement of the judgment for the duration of the appeal.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Having an alter ego gives you the freedom to take risks and try new things without the fear of judgment.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
  • However, the film tries to avoid moral judgments, and even embraces taboos.
    Callum McLennan, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
  • What’s goin’ on, Jaxon? Carl: There’s no judgment here.
    Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • None of this is a judgment of the actual quality of the music.
    Vulture, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Flores is appealing the judgment against him in the Georgia case.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But Tom Hecker, who swam across the English Channel in 2005, said there should be no judgments.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Southwest filed an appeal of last year's judgment in May.
    David Koenig, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • First lured into the world of easy money, his sense of judgment and morals reawaken when people start to get hurt.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The bond size is greater than the judgment because the district court generally requires a party to post 110% of the bond.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The judgment also gives some plaintiffs a path to restoring their licenses to teach in New York City.
    Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
  • And doing so when nobody around you trusts your eyesight, much less your judgment?
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The case will now head to trial, which, following the judgment that the core of James’s case is valid, will largely focus on penalties.
    Curbed, 27 Sep. 2023
  • If, in the judgment of the umpire, the catcher without possession of the ball blocks the pathway of the runner, the umpire shall call or signal the runner safe.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 22 June 2023

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