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
Shelton was sentenced to almost five years in prison.
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Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Yoon was impeached and removed from office, and special investigations soon began into him, his wife, and his deputies, including his prime minister, who was sentenced last week to 23 years in prison.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
Rivera, who will be sentenced Wednesday, faces a maximum of ten years in prison for conspiring to commit murder-for-hire.
—Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Some eighty-thousand men, women and children would be sentenced to transportation, taking them from Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland to a distant region of the British Empire that would come to be known as Tasmania.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Smith is now scheduled to be sentenced on May 8.
—Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
The Spokesman-Review reported that she was sentenced to life in prison.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Yoon was impeached and removed from office, and special investigations soon began into him, his wife, and his deputies, including his prime minister, who was sentenced last week to 23 years in prison.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
Rivera, who will be sentenced Wednesday, faces a maximum of ten years in prison for conspiring to commit murder-for-hire.
—Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Some eighty-thousand men, women and children would be sentenced to transportation, taking them from Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland to a distant region of the British Empire that would come to be known as Tasmania.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Smith is now scheduled to be sentenced on May 8.
—Chris Dolmetsch, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
The Spokesman-Review reported that she was sentenced to life in prison.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentenced
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Columbia University's new president is already facing opposition from anti-Israel rabble-rousers, who have condemned her for previous actions taken against leftist encampments at her last college.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Two former Democratic presidents yesterday condemned the scenes in Minnesota following the killing of Alex Pretti this weekend.—
Karen Cortes,
NBC news,
26 Jan. 2026
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Microsoft, on the other hand, was punished for its spending plans and slowdown in cloud growth.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Should Belichick have been punished?—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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If your company spends millions upon millions on sports rights, and if your financial success depends on cable and satellite customers paying for a programming bundle that includes sports channels most viewers do not watch, you’re doomed.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The revelation of deep human ties, the belief that we are all equally chosen, doomed Liuzzo, Good, and Pretti, as revelation so often does.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Sentenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentenced. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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