How to Use circumstantial evidence in a Sentence

circumstantial evidence

noun

• But there is a lot of circumstantial evidence that points to the Alters as the thieves.
  — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
• The fact that a person is missing and there is no proof of life is circumstantial evidence of foul play and murder, Stephan said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2021
• Matthew Troiano: There is circumstantial evidence … the truck … the lies … Those are all kind of circumstantial pieces that tie back to him.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023
• James Gagliano: This could be a piece of circumstantial evidence.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023
• This phone call should be viewed in light of several pieces of circumstantial evidence, Mr. Doyle said.
  — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 28 July 2022
• All the police work to that point was circumstantial evidence.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• Jon Buehler: In a circumstantial evidence case becomes like a big rope.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 1 May 2021
• Over the years, his lawyers argued that the case against him was built on circumstantial evidence and questionable forensics.
  — Emanuella Grinberg, CNN, 21 Aug. 2019
• On the other hand, there is circumstantial evidence of love.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023
• The case against him was based mainly on an array of circumstantial evidence.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
• But that rush to judgment based on thin circumstantial evidence turned out to be misguided, and a source of shame for victim Laura Miller’s dad Tim Miller.
  — Paul Schrodt, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
• The suit, along with the couple’s daughter Pooneh Gray, contend the case against her father was based on circumstantial evidence and faulty ballistics.
  — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2019
• On one side of the argument is a ton of circumstantial evidence and coincidence pointing to a lab leak.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 29 May 2021
• All the circumstantial evidence pointed fingers to Melanie McGuire, his wife.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 June 2022
• Even with the weakness of the government's case, I may still be convicted on circumstantial evidence.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 9 Nov. 2022
• Iraqi officials say their doubts are based on circumstantial evidence and long experience in the area where the attack took place.
  — Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2020
• The prosecutor at the time said the case relied on circumstantial evidence.
  — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• Decades of direct and circumstantial evidence already tied Lavigne to Croteau and to the scene of the crime, according to Gulluni.
  — NBC News, 25 May 2021
• So more subtle searches based on circumstantial evidence are coming to the fore.
  — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2021
• Euro 2020, then, offers him a precious chance to prove his point, to demonstrate that Italy does have a forward fit for a place among the elite, that all of those goals cannot just be written off as circumstantial evidence.
  — New York Times, 25 June 2021
• There is circumstantial evidence to suggest that Weber and LaPlaca are friends, at least.
  — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 11 Feb. 2020
• Case studies can provide circumstantial evidence that aerosols are carrying the virus, but researchers want to nail down how and when that happens.
  — Dyani Lewis, Scientific American, 8 July 2020
• What’s often cited as circumstantial evidence for a lab leak is, in fact, not evidence at all.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 11 June 2021
• Under the black-and-white letter of the law, circumstantial evidence is treated with the same weight as direct evidence, such as DNA or fingerprints.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2022
• Some see the fact that covid-19 first appeared in the same city in which the lab is located as circumstantial evidence that a laboratory accident could be to blame.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 14 May 2021
• After decades of tagging studies, there’s enough circumstantial evidence to be confident that many top predators do dive deep in search of prey.
  — Stephanie Pain, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2022
• The prince is expected to provide facts or compelling circumstantial evidence to support his claims against each of the 33 articles.
  — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 6 June 2023
• But attorneys say there's circumstantial evidence that points to the cause being the charging stations located in the galley above the sleeping bunks.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020
• Its failure to issue any findings at all is itself circumstantial evidence of a kind.
  — WSJ, 28 May 2021
• That means age estimates have to be based on circumstantial evidence.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024