How to Use pardon in a Sentence

pardon

1 of 2 noun

• He asked my pardon for taking so much of my time.
• The governor granted him a pardon.
• But the order expands the grounds on which pardons are issued.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
• The letter did not say who had sought the pardon for DeValkenaere.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 14 June 2023
• Gaetz did not receive such a pardon and has not faced any charges in connection to the probe.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• The pardon process is a valuable check on the court system, Broden said Wednesday.
  — Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
• State crimes are not subject to pardon by the president.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• She was released in June 2021 and continues to seek a pardon.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• Glenn received a pardon from the governor of Illinois in 2015.
  — USA Today, 5 Feb. 2023
• Kreis downplayed the likelihood the state would issue a pardon.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• The pardon from Hogan marks just the latest milestone in Lomax’s journey to find justice.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2023
• During the interview, Trump recounted the debate around the pardon question at the close of his first term.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Sanders has said if not for Bevin's pardon, Bandy would have still been behind bars for his 2017 conviction.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2023
• Georgia is one of just five states that does not issue pardons through the governor’s office.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• The pardon issue arose just as the Colosio case has taken on a new investigative twist.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• The other option would be for Meza to obtain a pardon, Toczylowski said.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
• If convicted of any of these state felonies, there would be no federal pardon available to him.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
• But are there pardons coming, if the White House is back in Republican hands after the ’24 election?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 June 2023
• Mathis had first submitted the pardon request in April 2021.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
• Novák did not address the pardon on X. She was forced to cut short her trip to Qatar and return to Budapest to address the mushrooming scandal.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024
• However, some are concerned that the criteria for the pardon is too narrow.
  — C Mandler, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Some have accused Abbott of playing politics with pardons in the past.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• The 70-year-old has exhausted all appeals and only a royal pardon could quash the conviction.
  — Philip Heijmans, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2024
• But Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon removed that looming threat.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• Convictions on state charges can’t be erased by a pardon, even from a reelected Trump – or by any other Trump ally who might win the White House.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• The pardon ended a five-year ban on Lee holding a formal position at Samsung.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
• Wahlberg has apologized for the assaults in various interviews over the years, and while trying to obtain the pardon.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2023
• The pardon was announced by Aung Lin Dwe, the secretary of the regime’s governing body, and further details were confirmed by a source with direct knowledge of the case.
  — Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• Johnny’s sister Susanna (Julia Link), on the precipice of becoming a nun, begs the leader for a pardon.
  — Missy Frederick, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• The pardons mean that thousands of those who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia will now be eligible for pardons.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024

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pardon

2 of 2 verb

• I'm willing to pardon a little sloppiness of dress in such a kind and loving person.
• The first hand to go in the air was that of Vivek Ramaswamy, who has promised to pardon Trump.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• To pardon the pun, at the start there won't be any excess of XeSS.
  — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
• All the while, the melody swings from sweet to sour (pardon the pun), angelic to chaotic.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
• Broidy was pardoned by Trump on his last day in office.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• Like with the New York case, the charges in Georgia are in state court, which a president cannot pardon.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• He was pardoned by Putin in 2013, but has since turned into a vocal critic of the regime.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
• Elsewhere in the interview, Baier pressed Trump about the events of Jan. 6 and whether Trump would pardon all of the rioters.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 22 June 2023
• Georgia is one of a handful of states that doesn't give the power to pardon to the governor.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• To the folks who happen to live nearby Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze, pardon the noise this weekend.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• By law, Abbott does not have the power to pardon Paxton if he's impeached.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
• Moon Man, which should end the weekend just over $355 million is, pardon the cliché, the movie China needed right now.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• But non-invasive procedures on the face are more—pardon the pun—on the cutting edge.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022
• The board also can’t deny a license based on a conviction that was pardoned or sealed.
  — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
• Now pardon the indulgence here, but is that not also the process behind the miracle that is a great movie?
  — Amos Barshad, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2022
• So the Republican turned heads over the weekend in his rush to pardon an Army sergeant convicted of murder.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• In fact, Trump couldn’t even ask the Republican governor to pardon him.
  — Amber Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2023
• An Australian mom who was convicted of killing her four babies has been pardoned after 20 years in jail.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• The company, now with 30 staff members, is (pardon the pun) seeded and came to Our Crowd, which is co-leading its Series A round of funding.
  — Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• In recent years, presidents have pardoned the main Thanksgiving bird and its stand-in.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
• Governors have vast power to cut prison sentences short and pardon those who have been convicted of crimes.
  — Jay Root, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Ismene asks Antigone to pardon her for refusing to help with the rebellious act of burying Polynices.
  — Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 8 July 2022
• Broidy pleaded guilty to one federal count as a result of the scheme and Trump pardoned him shortly before leaving office in 2021.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Most of the former convicts were let go after being pardoned by Putin following six months of front-line service.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• The runners-up in the Republican contest are notable mainly for promising to pardon Trump and/or fill his mighty shoes.
  — Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Harding commuted Debs’s sentence to time served, but didn’t pardon him, which meant that Debs still did not have full citizenship rights, such as the right to vote.
  — Adam Hochschild, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
• After a presidential review of the case, Lincoln agreed with the request and pardoned Robinette.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
• As the Georgia and New York cases deal with state crimes, a President’s pardoning power would not apply.
  — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
• State law does not allow Newsom to pardon or commute the sentences of someone with more than one felony conviction without the high court’s approval.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• In turn, some polls have suggested that a guilty verdict might cost Trump enough votes from independent voters to deny him an election victory — and thus the ability to pardon himself.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024