stand trial

phrase

: to be on trial in a court of law

Examples of stand trial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Taylor is now scheduled to stand trial later this year; he was accused of attacking three victims in a racially motivated rampage in downtown Santa Monica in 2023. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

Porterville holds adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities who have come in contact with the legal system and are either incompetent to stand trial or deemed a risk to themselves or others. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

For nearly a decade, Hoggle was ruled incompetent to stand trial. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

The woman charged with stalking Lindsey Buckingham after claiming the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist is her father was found incompetent to stand trial Thursday. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for stand trial

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