How to Use justice in a Sentence

justice

noun
  • She is a justice of the state supreme court.
  • The role of the courts is to dispense justice fairly to everyone.
  • We should strive to achieve justice for all people.
  • I saw no justice in the court's decision.
  • They received justice in court.
  • As in most of their high-profile cases, the justices appear to be split along ideological lines.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The city asked artists to create a mural that embodies the themes of movement, justice and connectivity.
    Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The drama follows the story of promising high school athlete who gets swept up in a corrupt Chicago criminal justice system.
    Breanna Bell, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • The pioneering equal rights litigator was the 107th justice and second woman to serve.
    The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Additionally, the commission would be required to investigate a judge or justice at the request of a state legislator.
    Madeline Armstrong | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
  • In the end, the justice that Bieber wants is for himself.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
  • One of the first steps is to destroy the justice system.
    Scott Centorino, National Review, 6 Dec. 2023
  • And of course, Osama bin Laden was brought to justice 10 years ago.
    ABC News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • One of the suspect's moms might now be the key in bringing the pair to justice.
    Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 7 June 2018
  • Kennedy, of course, will be the swing justice once again in the wedding cake case.
    Adam Winkler, New Republic, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The last time the state took a Voting Rights Act case there, the justices gutted much of the law.
    Kyle Whitmire | Kwhitmire@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • Democrats allege that this new justice could be the end of it.
    Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 10 July 2018
  • Friends and fans join forces to find justice for their friend.
    Deborah Taylor, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • Taking a Supreme Court justice off the job – not a big deal.
    Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Not an end in itself, but at least a start on the road to justice.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2021
  • His legal guilt is the first step on a long road to true justice.
    Raven Smith, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2021
  • And the norms and notions of what just is isn't always justice.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2021
  • And the norms and notions of what just is Isn’t always justice.
    Julia Barajas, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2021
  • In the norms and notions of what just is isn’t always justice.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Jan. 2021
  • In the norms and notions of what just is, isn't always justice.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 20 Jan. 2021
  • In the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.
    New York Times, 20 Jan. 2021
  • To this day his killers have never been brought to justice.
    Leslie Camhi, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2023
  • And the real killers had never been brought to justice.
    Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Close your door to the lobbyists around here and open your door to justice.
    Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
  • Carroll’s recognition at the 2024 summit is a testament to her enduring legacy in the field of journalism and her unwavering commitment to truth and justice.
    Sean Malcolm, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2024

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