SENTENCED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

sentenced

verb

Definition of sentenced next

past tense of sentence

as in condemned

to impose a judicial punishment on the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served

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Recent Examples of sentenced Heuermann will be sentenced at a later date. —

ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026 Will County Board member Jacqueline Traynere, of Bolingbrook, was sentenced Tuesday to three months of court supervision and ordered to pay $514 in court fees after she was found guilty last month of two misdemeanor counts of computer tampering. —

Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026 Lieber was sentenced to a total of 306 months in prison with credit for 232 days of time served. —

Wcco Staff, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 Three months later, in November 2024, Lorincz was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting Owens through a door. —

Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026 Earlier Tuesday in Brooklyn, New York, a high-ranking member of the gang was sentenced to more than 35 years in prison for racketeering conspiracy in connection with the 2017 murder of a man in New York state, the DOJ said. —

Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026 Bingham pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in February and will be sentenced in May, prosecutors said. —

Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026 Hickerson reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and was sentenced for driving while intoxicated and for failing to equip his vehicle with two working headlights on March 16, according to court records. —

Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026 Duckett, now 68, was convicted and sentenced to death in June 1988. —

Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026

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The president has been condemned for his remarks about Iran and Islam by groups that include the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who called them inflammatory.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026
Protect Martindale-Brightwood, one of the neighborhood groups against the data center, on Monday condemned the act of violence at Gibson's home and denied any involvement.

— Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026