How to Use acquit in a Sentence

acquit

verb

• The jury acquitted the defendant because there wasn't enough evidence to convict him of the crime.
• They were acquitted by the high court.
  — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
• Noem did not acquit herself well.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
• He was acquitted on some charges.
  — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
• Dugan was acquitted on that count.
  — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 19 Dec. 2025
• He was acquitted of ​all nine charges.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
• The three men were acquitted in May on state charges.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
• The jury acquitted them on three counts of mail fraud.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
• He was acquitted of all charges two years later.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
• He was also acquitted of one of those charges.
  — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
• One judge acquitted him, and one remains to vote.
  — Ricardo Brito, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
• He was acquitted of two other rape charges.
  — Reuters, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
• Ken was later acquitted of all counts.
  — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 May 2026
• He was acquitted on two other charges.
  — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
• Yvonne and the others were all acquitted in court a few weeks later.
  — Neda Maghbouleh august 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
• The case went to trial, and he was acquitted two years later.
  — Julia Bricklin, Smithsonian, 24 Sep. 2019
• Combs was acquitted of the first two charges and convicted on the third.
  — Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
• So what if she’s been acquitted in not one, but two murder trials.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
• The shooter was sentenced to life in prison; the deputy was acquitted of all charges.
  — Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• But his father, Ruben, was acquitted of the charges against him.
  — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
• His father, Ruben, was acquitted of the charges against him.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
• Gustafsson has enough size, strength and hockey sense to acquit himself well on the fourth line.
  — Murat Ates, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
• He was acquitted on all counts in 2005.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 3 May 2026
• In 2005, he was acquitted on all counts.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026
• Said Farah, 44, was acquitted of all charges.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
• Trump was acquitted by the Senate both times.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
• She was acquitted of one other count of contempt.
  — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2025
• Five of the 14 men were acquitted at trial.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 10 June 2026
• The deputy in that case was acquitted on all counts against him in 2023.
  — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
• He was acquitted of murder in the first degree.
  — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026