How to Use guilty in a Sentence

guilty

adjective

• There's no need to feel guilty about it.
• Will the defendant plead guilty or not guilty?
• The children exchanged guilty looks.
• Do you think he's innocent or guilty?
• He was acting like someone with a guilty conscience.
• If found guilty, the men could face over 20 years in prison.
  — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
• The rapper has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
• The rapper has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.
  — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
• Papadopoulos was the first to plead guilty in the probe and the first to be sentenced.
  — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
• The mayor has pleaded not guilty to the charges and the feds have moved to dismiss the case.
  — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
• Leo Schofield was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
  — Alex Berenfeld, ABC News, 7 June 2024
• America was back in the business of killing the guilty.
  — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2023
• If found guilty, Bais could be sentenced to six months in jail and fined up to $2,500.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 16 Mar. 2024
• In December 2021, he was found guilty on five of the six counts.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 1 May 2025
• The Chrisleys and Tarantino have pleaded not guilty to the charges and have been free on bond.
  — Kate Brumback, ajc, 14 May 2022
• Ward on Wednesday said Bryant is pleased with the not guilty verdict.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 31 May 2023
• Three Oath Keepers have so far pleaded guilty to the charges.
  — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• He was presumed guilty by the FTX debtor estate and its lawyers.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• Thomas in 2016 pleaded guilty to the shooting death of his mother in Hoover.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2023
• If found guilty, Rubiales could face a fine or a prison sentence of one to four years.
  — Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2023
• The 12 jurors found Balwani guilty on all 12 felony counts.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 8 July 2022
• The men pleaded guilty Thursday to crimes brought against them but will not serve prison time.
  — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• Trump is charged in four cases and has pleaded not guilty in each.
  — Kendall Ross, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• Bannon agreed to plead guilty in the case in exchange for avoiding prison time.
  — Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
• Police said that the suspects face sentences of up to about 15 years if found guilty.
  — Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 8 Nov. 2023
• Runner, who was charged with 18 counts of mail fraud and wire fraud, was found guilty Friday of 14 of those counts.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• This might leave you feeling guilty, because who wants to be mean?
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
• And what if the people presumed guilty from the start are allowed to be human?
  — Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2024
• Yang was arrested in 2009 and found guilty at trial two years after that in a homicide that prosecutors said was prompted by Yang’s jealousy.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
• Sullivan has pleaded not guilty to charges that included kidnapping and felony assault.
  — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2025