How to Use second-degree in a Sentence

second-degree

1 of 2 adjective

• He was booked on a second-degree murder charge.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
• Carlson is charged with second-degree breach of peace.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
• Read was tried twice for second-degree murder.
  — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 8 June 2026
• Aguilar has since been charged with second-degree murder.
  — Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• He has been charged with five counts of second-degree murder and four counts of abuse of a corpse.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
• Jones is charged with second-degree murder.
  — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
• He is charged with second-degree murder.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
• Wren is charged with second-degree murder.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 1 May 2026
• Dykes has pleaded not guilty to one count of second-degree murder.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
• He was rushed to the hospital with second-degree burns to the left side of his body.
  — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 19 May 2026
• Nadeau was charged with one count of second-degree murder, the statement said.
  — Jack Moore, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
• He is charged with second-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty, court records show.
  — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 June 2026
• Grayson faces four to 20 years in prison for second-degree murder.
  — Selina Guevara, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2025
• Amos is charged with three counts of second-degree statutory rape.
  — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026
• Chavez has been charged with manslaughter, a second-degree felony.
  — Ciara McCarthy 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026
• He was found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide.
  — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• She is charged with second-degree Murder.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
• Kelly is now charged with second-degree murder.
  — Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 28 May 2026
• He was charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder.
  — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
• Court records show he was convicted of second-degree murder with a weapon.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
• Ten people so far have been charged with second-degree murder in Otieno's death.
  — Sarah Rankin, ajc, 17 Mar. 2023
• The man accused of shooting the teen was charged with second-degree murder.
  — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
• Scott faces charges of second-degree assault and second-degree breach of peace.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
• Each faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted on the second-degree felony charge.
  — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
• Mangione still faces second-degree murder and other charges in state court.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026
• In the state case Mangione faces second-degree murder and weapons charges.
  — Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
• Hackling has been charged with three counts of second-degree manslaughter in their deaths.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
• The judge also dropped a second-degree murder charge, per the outlet.
  — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
• Read was tried twice for second-degree murder in O’Keefe’s death.
  — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
• Joplin pleaded not guilty to first-degree and second-degree murder.
  — Xander Samaras, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024

second degree

2 of 2 noun

• Both charges are second degree felonies.
  — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
• Hayes was found guilty of the lesser charge of murder in the second degree.
  — Ayana Bryant, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• The suspect has pleaded not guilty to three counts each of first and second degree murder.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
• She was arrested and charged with murder in the second degree with a weapon.
  — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
• Both were charged last week with second degree reckless homicide in Proulx's death.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2024
• Both of her hands had second degree burns, and her face, arms and chest were stippled with shrapnel and debris.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 July 2024
• Andrea told the outlet that nursing is her second degree.
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
• Yiggins has been charged with second degree robbery and assault.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
• To the charge of murder in the second degree, the jury has found the defendant guilty.
  — Sarah Prior, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
• He’s been offered a deal for two years in prison in exchange for pleading guilty to second degree assault.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 18 Sep. 2024
• Durant was convicted last year of three counts of second degree murder.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
• Brown was charged with making a terroristic threat in the second degree.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
• The boy has also been charged with nine counts of assault in the first degree and three counts of assault in the second degree.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
• The other suspect was booked at the jail on suspicion of riot in the second degree.
  — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
• Bryan has been charged with domestic violence in the second degree.
  — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
• The sheriff's office said she has since been arrested and charged with second degree murder.
  — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
• Lino was charged with murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
• Rosenblatt was also acquitted on charges of assault in the second degree.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2024
• The video is at the center of a second degree murder case that was presented to a grand jury yesterday.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
• Police are now looking for the men allegedly involved in the deaths, with plans to charge at least two of them with second degree murder.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Jones agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
  — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 24 June 2026
• Students can also pursue a second degree in AI.
  — Hope Moses, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
• Upon a first conviction a person faces a misdemeanor of the second degree.
  — Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow, Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2024
• Leaving an unsecured weapon where a child can find it is considered a misdemeanor of the second degree.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
• He is being held on two counts of murder in the second degree, jail records showed, as well as an immigration detainer.
  — Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
• Under the new law, upon a first conviction, a person faces a misdemeanor of the second degree.
  — Ana Ceballos and, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
• He was arrested and charged with second degree murder with a firearm, OPD said.
  — Natalia Jaramillo, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
• Doyle was charged with unlawful imprisonment in the second degree and assault in the third degree.
  — Chris Young Ritzen, CBS News, 10 May 2025
• Sortor was charged with disorderly conduct in the second degree.
  — Greg Norman , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
• He also is charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree, a misdemeanor.
  — Penny Weaver, arkansasonline.com, 21 Nov. 2024