How to Use perjury in a Sentence

perjury

noun

• He was found guilty of perjury.
• At least Barry Moore beat the rap on his perjury charge.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 26 Feb. 2023
• One count of perjury, which is a felony, was dismissed.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
• Schools spokesman Wayde Byard is facing a count of felony perjury.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• She was found not guilty on two other counts of perjury.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
• She was found not guilty on three other counts of perjury.
  — Colleen Slevin, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• Schwarz is later sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for perjury.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• Handy pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced to one year in prison.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
• The president of the United States if he doesn't get involved in the perjury trap -- think about that.
  — Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
• Four years later, he and his wife were found guilty of felony perjury and voter fraud.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
• He had been charged with 13 felonies and pleaded no contest to perjury.
  — Alexei Koseff, SFChronicle.com, 8 Nov. 2019
• Merkel faces up to life in prison if convicted of perjury.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
• Everyone in perjury that was out, none of them seemed shocked.
  — EW.com, 10 Nov. 2023
• Schools spokesman Wayde Byard was indicted on a felony count of perjury.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
• The oath is made under penalty of perjury, a state felony that carries jail time.
  — Albinson Linares, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
• On March 4, Bailey pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury.
  — Elizabeth Depompei, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2021
• Miller and Search were arrested Dec. 15 and charged with perjury.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Lying to the committee would be perjury, a Class E felony.
  — Jason Hancock, kansascity, 24 May 2018
• Mosby is charged with two counts each of perjury and mortgage fraud.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
• That’s the going rate for perjury and eroding the justice system these days.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 5 Apr. 2018
• He was indicted and pleaded not guilty to three felony charges of perjury this May.
  — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 13 Sep. 2017
• Tran still faces multiple charges of perjury and bribery of a witness.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
• Bonds and Clemens denied use under oath and were later found not guilty of perjury.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
• The priests’ letter also quoted the Bible, pointing out that perjury is a sin.
  — Nataliya Vasilyeva, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
• In exchange for pleading guilty to one count of perjury, other charges were dropped.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 20 May 2020
• In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury after lying about her steroid use.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Andrews is charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
• Denise Zwit, secretary to Lea, pleaded not guilty last year to three counts of perjury as well.
  — Jim Newton, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Mar. 2018
• Elizabeth Goodson has agreed to plead guilty to one count of perjury, the complaint says.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
• In December of last year, Craig was charged with solicitation to commit murder in the first degree and solicitation to commit perjury in the first degree.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2025