How to Use aggravated in a Sentence
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He is charged with aggravated child abuse, which is a felony.
—Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 Feb. 2020
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In court, he was charged as an adult with four counts of aggravated murder.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
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The two who robbed the man of his gun, ages 19 and 17, were arrested for aggravated robbery.
—cleveland, 27 June 2020
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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
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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
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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
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He has since been charged with three counts of aggravated murder.
—Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
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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
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All but one of the 51 defendants face charges of aggravated rape.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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Greenburg faces a charge of aggravated stalking of a person under the age of 16.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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As part of the deal, the government has agreed to dismiss the aggravated identity theft charges.
—BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2021
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Joel and Jazmine Rondon, both 33, face one felony count of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
—Sara-Megan Walsh, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
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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
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Stearns is being held in the Summit County Jail on a charge of aggravated robbery.
—Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 19 May 2022
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The trial jury found Gable guilty of aggravated murder and he was sentenced in 1991.
—oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
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Ables was charged with two counts of aggravated battery.
—Robert Gearty, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2020
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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
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Kinner, 30, was arrested near the scene and charged with aggravated battery and of injury to a child.
—Fox News, 2 July 2018
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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
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The worker asked to press charges, and the officer arrested the boy for aggravated battery.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2022
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If convicted of aggravated rape, Losano could face a sentence of life in prison.
—Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018
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Desmond Webb, 37, signed a plea deal for aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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The most serious charge that Floyd faced was in 2007, for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
—Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
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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
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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
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