Example sentences for: sentenced

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

  • Miscellany: An American reporter says he saw Pol Pot tried for genocide and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Khmer Rouge tribunal July 25.

  • And in 1987, a French court sentenced Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie to life in prison for violating similar French laws.

  • Several months ago, the Khmer Rouge sentenced Pol Pot to life under house arrest--hut arrest, really--for the murder of Son Sen, an old friend and colleague who plotted a coup against him this spring.

  • The Post notes that since NATO's accidental May 7 bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, China has sentenced nine dissidents to prison terms of up to 10 years.

  • The Oklahoma City bombing trial is over (the jury sentenced Timothy McVeigh to death), and the conspiracy-theory frenzy is underway.


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