How to Use aggravated in a Sentence

aggravated

adjective

• He is charged with aggravated child abuse, which is a felony.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 27 Feb. 2020
• In court, he was charged as an adult with four counts of aggravated murder.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The two who robbed the man of his gun, ages 19 and 17, were arrested for aggravated robbery.
  — cleveland, 27 June 2020
• He had previously been charged with three counts of forcible rape of a child and three counts of aggravated rape of a child.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
• By the age of 40, he’d been arrested around 40 times and as a teen, jailed for aggravated robbery.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2025
• Earlier this year a jury found her guilty of one count of high and aggravated breach of peace.
  — Nicole Chavez and Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022
• He has since been charged with three counts of aggravated murder.
  — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• Ozzie Valdez told reporters that two of the girls were charged with aggravated battery, while the third was charged with mob action.
  — Fox News, 26 July 2019
• All but one of the 51 defendants face charges of aggravated rape.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
• Greenburg faces a charge of aggravated stalking of a person under the age of 16.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022
• An aggravated battery, on the other hand, can result in a sentence of up to five years in prison.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
• The suspect was also charged with one count of unlawful use of weapon by a felon and five counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 June 2023
• Each of the aggravated arson counts is a felony and carries a sentence of three to 11 years in prison if convicted.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 Dec. 2021
• As part of the deal, the government has agreed to dismiss the aggravated identity theft charges.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2021
• Joel and Jazmine Rondon, both 33, face one felony count of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
  — Sara-Megan Walsh, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• Yes, but: Robberies and aggravated assaults tripled in Boston in the first six months of the year, compared to the same period last year.
  — Russell Contreras, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
• Stearns is being held in the Summit County Jail on a charge of aggravated robbery.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 19 May 2022
• The trial jury found Gable guilty of aggravated murder and he was sentenced in 1991.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
• Ables was charged with two counts of aggravated battery.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2020
• Studies show the state ranking at or near the top in the nation for the highest rates of murder and aggravated violence.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2021
• Kinner, 30, was arrested near the scene and charged with aggravated battery and of injury to a child.
  — Fox News, 2 July 2018
• Many of the defendants were charged with 31 counts of bank fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft counts.
  — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 18 May 2022
• The worker asked to press charges, and the officer arrested the boy for aggravated battery.
  — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2022
• If convicted of aggravated rape, Losano could face a sentence of life in prison.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
• Desmond Webb, 37, signed a plea deal for aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
• Three days later, charged with aggravated arson and burglary, she was transferred to a jail in Newark.
  — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• He was charged in 1993 with aggravated robbery in Johnson County and sentenced to nine years in prison.
  — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 1 June 2020
• The most serious charge that Floyd faced was in 2007, for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
  — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
• Nationwide, violent crime — robberies, rapes and aggravated assaults — decreased by an average of 14% in the first quarter of this year, reports from police departments in 68 cities indicate.
  — Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 12 May 2025
• The artist is facing 14 charges, including aggravated assault, possessing and aiming a gun at someone, reckless conduct, conspiracy to commit a felony, and simple assault, among others.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025