How to Use deliberation in a Sentence

deliberation

noun
  • After hours of deliberation, the council came to a decision.
  • She spoke to the audience with clarity and deliberation.
  • Jury deliberations lasted two days.
  • The judge then ordered the jury to resume deliberations in what is known as an Allen charge.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But after about two hours of deliberation, a jury found Sams, 34, not guilty of all charges this week.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump's orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
    Jill Colvin, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump’s orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
    Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The documents that the Senate released detail the deliberations over when and how to announce the deal.
    Kevin Draper, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • The split verdict was reached on Monday after almost five hours of deliberations over the course of three days.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023
  • What was the deliberation process of deciding which 50 made the final cut?
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2023
  • The judge is then expected to charge the jury on Tuesday, followed by the start of deliberations.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 May 2023
  • There are new time limits on managers’ deliberations on whether to challenge calls on the field, too.
    Alva Noë, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of deliberations.
    Larry Neumeister, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • On Tuesday, the jurors are to begin deliberations after the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, instructs them on the law.
    Karen Zraick, New York Times, 8 May 2023
  • After a few hours of deliberation, the jury reached a verdict.
    Cameron Rubner, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But both experts said five or six days of deliberations on a civil case of this size is reasonable.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • A day of divisive deliberations saw anger and emotion boil over at times.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The verdict was reached by a six-person jury after roughly over four hours of deliberation spread across three days.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • After a nine-day trial and more than 21 hours of deliberations, a jury of eight women and four men remained deadlocked on all six counts.
    Kenny Jacoby, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • While the deliberations stretched on, their patients’ risk of infection and illness grew.
    Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2024
  • If all this doughnut deliberation has left you craving sweets and a solid meal, don’t worry.
    Alyssa Fowers, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
  • After deliberation, Danny’s was the favorite and Kenny’s was the least.
    Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The judge instructed the jury on the law Monday morning and deliberations followed.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
  • It’s not yet known whether any of the defendants will appeal the verdict, delivered by a jury in May after three days of deliberation.
    Jmanning, oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The emotions of an epic copyright fight that stretched across most of the last decade spilled out as soon as the seven-person jury revealed its verdict after more than two hours of deliberations.
    Larry Neumeister, Anchorage Daily News, 4 May 2023
  • Though the initial vote to reject the complaint was unanimous, the outcome of the new deliberations could turn out differently.
    Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2023
  • After a 10-day trial, and 18 hours of deliberations, the jury found Panitz guilty of second-degree murder.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Train directors to do their deliberation in the meetings, and train your neighbors to inform you using open forum.
    Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • More than two decades after the killing, Johnson wound up being charged with murder-for-hire, but he was found not guilty by a trial jury last year after less than an hour of deliberations.
    Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • After a six-month deliberation, Lockheed won the contract to build 58 of the cargo planes, while General Electric won the engine contract.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023

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