Example sentences for: felonies

How can you use “felonies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • An inside NYT story goes high with the drop in gun-related felonies.

  • Just as rape and other felonies committed by star athletes at the NCAA powerhouses are tolerated with wearying predictability, today's high-school administrator will allow the barely controllable gangs from the gridiron free rein to commit verbal and physical aggro upon the castes below.

  • (Never mind that the recidivism rate for child molesting is less than half the reported burglary rate and lower than that of many major felonies.)

  • The NYT runs a front-page story pointing out a little-known consequence of the increasingly strict U.S. deportation policy for illegal immigrants convicted of felonies here.

  • The New York Times and Los Angeles Times go with President Boris Yeltsin's dismissal of his main government officers, including his prime minister, Sergei Kiriyenko, which is also the off-lead at the Washington Post and USAT . The WP leads with Newt Gingrich's first extensive comments about Kenneth Starr's investigation since The Speech, which include his declaration that impeachment would require not "a single human mistake" but "a pattern of felonies."


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