How to Use manslaughter in a Sentence

manslaughter

noun

• She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people.
• As charged in the indictment: guilty — guilty of the offense of manslaughter.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2023
• She was booked on manslaughter charges that same night.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2024
• The law also states that if the pregnant person dies, the provider would be charged with manslaughter.
  — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022
• Which of the Alberts killed a foreign student in a hit-and-run manslaughter case?
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2025
• Kirstin Smith, 59, was found guilty of one count of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Scott Benoit, 52, who was her boyfriend, the statement said.
  — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• Petty has also served time for manslaughter in the first degree for killing a man in 2002.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
• Penny, 26, faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the top charge of manslaughter.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
• The vehicular manslaughter charges are for the deaths of the four adults and the baby, who was about two weeks shy of his first birthday.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022
• If convicted of manslaughter, Drauschke could face up to 20 years in prison.
  — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• He was sentenced to 12 1/2 years on the murder count but was not sentenced for manslaughter.
  — Amy Forliti, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2021
• Both Raines and Gunn will serve 10 years each on their respective manslaughter charges and five years on their child abuse charges.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 Nov. 2023
• On April 17, court records show that Bates, 40, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter charge as well as felonious assault and child abuse charges.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
• Russell, who was 23 at the time of the shooting and had been a deputy for 18 months, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in April.
  — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
• Thao and Kueng are charged with aiding and abetting manslaughter and murder in Floyd's death.
  — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 6 June 2022
• Susan Lorincz has been charged with manslaughter with a firearm and assault in the June 2 shooting death of Ajike Owens.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 June 2023
• So the sister committed suicide and the mom was charged with manslaughter for making the kid do [adult films].
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2024
• Matthew Davis, 23, faces manslaughter and driving under the influence charges linked to the crash.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Aug. 2022
• Read faces charges of second-degree murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of a crash.
  — Mike Deehan, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
• He was also sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison for state chargers of murder and manslaughter.
  — Madeline Halpert, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• The 14-year-old was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to probation, according to the Songs.
  — Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
• Instead, 10 of the defendants had the charges reduced — often to manslaughter — and were sentenced to less than 10 years in state prison.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• This man got sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter and was released within three years.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 3 Oct. 2021
• Kueng, Lane and Thao all still await a trial on state charges for aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in Floyd's case.
  — Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2022
• Late last month, the murder charge against Brandt was downgraded to manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
  — Ken Bensinger, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Late last month, the murder charge against Mr. Brandt was downgraded to manslaughter, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
  — Ken Bensinger, New York Times, 29 May 2023
• The manslaughter charges were dropped as part of the plea deal, according to the office of the district attorney, Jack Stollsteimer.
  — Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2022
• In a second trial that ended in June, Read was found not guilty of the most serious charges against her -- murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene after an accident.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
• Groves also has been awaiting sentencing on a manslaughter charge since October.
  — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2025