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.
  • Prince said the bill is legislation that would start the process of justice for those in the North End affected by flood issues.
    Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The 6-episode series shot in both Swedish and English, and revolves around the justice system and death penalty.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The pursuit of justice for the Yazidis must continue until all those responsible for the crime are brought to account.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Copeland pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to destroy a building by explosive and one count of obstruction of justice.
    Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This recall is a cynical act that would set us back in holding corporations accountable and fighting for fairness and equal justice.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024
  • If judges aren’t able to properly understand and contextualize the evidence before them, what good is the court as an arbiter of justice?
    Carly Lewis, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The policing costs for this travesty of justice were well over $500 million Canadian dollars.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But in cases where bystanders have disrupted police actions, even just by videotaping them, they’ve been arrested and charged with obstruction of justice.
    Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Legal observers see Price’s new protocol not only as a test of leadership, but of a new iteration of criminal justice.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Driven by a passion for people and social justice, Hoh embarked on global humanitarian missions.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Failure to prosecute leaders because of the conjectural risk to the system would create two systems of justice, with those in power never being held to the same standard as other wrongdoers.
    Andrew Weissmann, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • 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

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