How to Use deliberation in a Sentence
deliberation
noun- After hours of deliberation, the council came to a decision.
- She spoke to the audience with clarity and deliberation.
- Jury deliberations lasted two days.
-
Even so, the jurors found Mr. Ng guilty of all three charges after more than two days of deliberation.
— Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022 -
The president’s veto threat allows one more point of refinement, one more point of deliberation to make a bill into a better law.
— Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 5 Apr. 2022 -
The board’s decisions in favor of the closures came after more than a year of deliberation and a thorough analysis.
— Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2022 -
After a record-long 14-day deliberation, the jury emerged split 7 to 5 and a mistrial was declared.
— Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2022 -
They were not authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations and spoke on condition of anonymity.
— Thomas Beaumont, Adriana Gomez Licon, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024 -
The ruling came after jurors failed to reach a consensus after 10 hours of deliberation over three days in the case of Andrew Mitchell.
— Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022 -
Surely whatever someone contributes to the Ukrainian cause deserves at least as much deliberation.
— Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2022 -
Their lengthy deliberation – and the totality of the facts and the evidence – underscored why this case was put in front of a jury of Mr. Penny's peers.
— Jason Volack, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024 -
The jury— which is made up of six women and six men, many from Northern Michigan — re-entered its chamber for deliberation around 8:40 a.m.
— Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2022 -
The case is now in the hands of the jury for deliberation.
— Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022 -
Starting Wednesday, the power will shift from the lawyers at the lectern to the jurors in the deliberation room.
— Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 28 May 2024 -
But deliberations over what the new plaque should say have been charged.
— Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023 -
Ask some of the people who’ve worked with or played alongside Judge and Ohtani, and the answer has more deliberation.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 -
The judge then ordered the jury to resume deliberations in what is known as an Allen charge.
— Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023 -
But being faced with a new choice will cause all sorts of deliberation.
— Roger Martin, Fortune, 7 July 2022 -
But after about two hours of deliberation, a jury found Sams, 34, not guilty of all charges this week.
— Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023 -
The trial is expected to end on May 27, when it will be turned over to the jury for deliberation.
— Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 17 May 2022 -
As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump's orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
— Jill Colvin, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023 -
As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump’s orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
— Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023 -
The documents that the Senate released detail the deliberations over when and how to announce the deal.
— Kevin Draper, New York Times, 11 July 2023 -
The split verdict was reached on Monday after almost five hours of deliberations over the course of three days.
— Okla Jones, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023 -
What was the deliberation process of deciding which 50 made the final cut?
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2023 -
The judge is then expected to charge the jury on Tuesday, followed by the start of deliberations.
— Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 May 2023 -
There are new time limits on managers’ deliberations on whether to challenge calls on the field, too.
— Alva Noë, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023 -
The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of deliberations.
— Larry Neumeister, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023 -
In two days of deliberations, the jurors have sent three requests to Judge Merchan.
— Matthew Haag, New York Times, 30 May 2024 -
Wiley instructed the jury to continue deliberations on Friday and denied a request by Penny's defense attorneys to declare a mistrial.
— Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'deliberation.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: