stand trial

phrase

: to be on trial in a court of law

Examples of stand trial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Murdaugh, a once-rich and imposing heir to a Southern legal dynasty, is scheduled to stand trial again in April on two murder charges in the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, at their home in Colleton County. — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Murdaugh, 58, is scheduled to stand trial again in April on two murder charges in the June 2021 shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, at their home in Colleton County. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

By the time the panic ended, 152 people had been formally accused, 19 had been hanged, and one man, Giles Corey, had been pressed to death with stones for refusing to stand trial. — Jennifer Byrne, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026

The suspect in a deadly stabbing on the Atlanta Beltline in August has been deemed not competent to stand trial, a Fulton County judge has ruled. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for stand trial

• dial
• rial
• thiol
• vial
• denial
• mistrial
• posttrial
• pretrial
• retrial
• sensorial