sentenced
past simple and past participle ofsentence
| 单词 | sentenced |
| 释义 | sentenced past simple and past participle ofsentence sentence verb[T] lawspecializeduk/ˈsen.təns/us/ˈsen.təns/B2 todecideand sayofficiallywhat apunishmentwill be: He was sentencedtolifeimprisonment. Compare condemn
Judges & juries
Examplesofsentencedsentenced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. At the end of the war he went into hiding, but was arrested in 1948, tried andsentencedto death. From theCambridge English Corpus Three senior medical officials were convicted of criminal negligence and fraud and weresentencedto prison. From theCambridge English Corpus The accused was found guilty andsentencedto death. From theCambridge English Corpus He wassentencedfor ten years, but released from jail before time in 1854 as an act of grace. From theCambridge English Corpus Another seventeen weresentencedto jail for up to eight years. From theCambridge English Corpus After the completion of investigation the accused were challenged, convicted andsentencedby the lower court. From theCambridge English Corpus Elsewhere, these minor offences were tried at sessions, and only about a third of those convicted weresentencedto be transported. From theCambridge English Corpus He suggests that dozens more weresentencedto shorter terms or fined. From theCambridge English Corpus Or they would besentencedto a prison term but continue with their business on release. From theCambridge English Corpus He issentencedto die by firing squad. From theCambridge English Corpus All were found guilty andsentencedto death. From theCambridge English Corpus She is found guilty andsentencedto six months of drug counselling. From theCambridge English Corpus The rebels were tried andsentencedwith lightning speed. From theCambridge English Corpus In the district court the nurse wassentencedto a suspended sentence for manslaughter. From theCambridge English Corpus There were no further show trials but many thousands of people were arbitrarily arrested andsentencedeither to substantial periods of imprisonment or to death. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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