How to Use on trial in a Sentence
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And her adult son is on trial on rape charges.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 22 Feb. 2026
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Arrest these agents and put them on trial.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
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Levi was the first guard to go on trial in Nantwi's death.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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Netanyahu has been on trial for bribery and fraud charges.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
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He is scheduled to go on trial in April.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
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Many of these designs are based on trial and error.
—David Hu, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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Long, 24, is on trial this week charged in his murder.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Three men are on trial for the theft but have largely remained silent in court.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Why are Meta, YouTube on trial?
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
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Her husband is on trial for murder.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
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The former banker had been scheduled to go on trial in March.
—Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
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And her husband's on trial for murder.
—Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025
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Biden was on trial for three felony charges, and the jury convicted him of all three.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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He was expected to go on trial next year, though an official date had not been set.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
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Two other men were on trial over the arson and related plots.
—Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
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Then the dalliance comes to light and the golden boy finds himself on trial for the homicide.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 12 June 2024
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What could be higher personal stakes than this, than being on trial for your own life?
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
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The man charged with killing the teen is scheduled to go on trial in December.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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Her mother, who was on trial for murder, watched from the defense table.
—Paige Harriss, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Hunter is on trial for three felony counts in Wilmington, Del.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
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Nichols was on trial with Williams and four other co-defendants.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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The disgraced crypto king, on trial for financial fraud, takes the stand.
—Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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The minor on trial in juvenile court is the only one of the group charged with murder.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Gwyneth Paltrow will go on trial 7 years after a Utah ski slopes crash.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
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On top of that, Netanyahu is still on trial for several charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
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While a single man will be on trial, the whole crypto industry will be in the harsh spotlight.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 Oct. 2023
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There was a murder case in the news at the time—a doctor and his lover were on trial for killing the woman’s husband.
—Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
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Putting Cheney on trial could make her into a hero and Trump the villain.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges, and Chad will go on trial separately.
—Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
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Davis has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and is scheduled to go on trial in March.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
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