How to Use conviction in a Sentence

conviction

noun

• She hopes to avoid conviction.
• In light of the evidence, a conviction seems certain.
• Convictions for shoplifting have made it difficult for her to get a job.
• They share my strong conviction that the policy is misguided.
• He has three prior drunk-driving convictions.
• Skakel had spent 11 years in prison following his conviction.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
• This was an egregious set of facts that resulted in a conviction along with a 10–15-year prison sentence.
  — Jason Volack, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
• And have the courage of our own convictions to speak up.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 June 2020
• That conviction should serve her well for the fight ahead.
  — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 14 Mar. 2019
• Some adults with the same conviction would have paroled out 20 years ago.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• Trump faces up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine per felony conviction.
  — Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
• Mack’s conviction brought him a lot of hardship over the years.
  — Jonathan Bandler, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• But the effect a conviction could have on their vote seemed small.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
• The pages are dense with facts, about a conviction or an appeal.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2021
• This gap gives rise to a conviction that either the parent is wrong or the world is.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• He was sentenced to life in prison, and has since tried to appeal the conviction.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2021
• But there were other charges, and there was still hope of a conviction.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
• This was a woman of great stature and strong conviction.
  — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
• The conviction carries a sentence of up to life in prison.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 May 2024
• The New York Court of Appeals, which is the highest court in the state, is set to hear the appeal of that conviction next year.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 19 Dec. 2022
• The conviction that Michael had a cache of treasure was real.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
• The conviction was at the center of a memoir by the award-winning author.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
• Rodriguez’s conviction wasn’t his first brush with the law.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 10 Feb. 2020
• Fox News reported the 2004 conviction was the first time he was found guilty in court.
  — Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
• She is set to be released from jail on that conviction.
  — Carol Marbin Miller and, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• Soon, the girls find their faith put to the test in a trap designed to test their beliefs and measure their conviction.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
• Get your rap sheet, or record of arrests and convictions.
  — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• The whole process really grounded me in my own conviction for the idea.
  — Amy Shoenthal, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• But a conviction would have emboldened many in the party to speak out against Trump and start to move past him.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• All told, just one in every 10 cases ends in a conviction or a plea deal.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Jan 2025