Sentence - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned (syn: time)
verb
Extra examples
He is serving a 10-year sentence for armed robbery.
...the court-martial pronounced a sentence of not guilty on all counts of cowardice...
Murderers are still sentenced to death in some parts of the world.
His voice dropped at the end of the sentence.
It's difficult to sum it up in one sentence.
In a few short sentences, Quinn explained what he had done.
She received an eight-year prison sentence.
The judge will pass sentence tomorrow after looking at all the reports.
Drug traffickers will face stiffer sentences.
He got off with a relatively light sentence.
He has just begun a life sentence for murder.
Eventually the death sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court.
The judge gave him a suspended sentence and demanded that he pay $30,000 to a children's charity.
This offence is so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified.
The offence carries a maximum sentence of five years.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: sentence
he/she/it: sentences
present participle: sentencing
past tense: sentenced
past participle: sentenced
singular: sentence
plural: sentences
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