How to Use trial in a Sentence

trial

noun
  • He did not get a fair trial.
  • He testified at the trial.
  • She is awaiting trial on charges of assault.
  • Cold winters can be a trial for older people.
  • Early trials have shown that the treatment has some serious side effects.
  • Recovering from her injury was a real trial of strength.
  • I know I was a bit of a trial to my parents when I was a teenager.
  • On the first day of the trial, Hitler gave a speech that lasted over three hours.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The hearing will mark the first time the government and defense have met in court since the end of the first trial.
    Jeff Burlew, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • The prosecutors brought out their big guns in week two of the trial.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • He had been scheduled to go to trial on Nov. 27 before the plea agreement.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • He is scheduled to face trial on at least some of those charges at the end of November.
    CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Tune in to find out and watch the movie for free with a free trial of Hallmark Channel on Philo.
    oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The first line of the 2014 document was also used in the trial by another of their lawyers, Craig Smith.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The trial also focused on the 2019 death of Tammy Daybell.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • The streamer has a free trial, which only lasts for five days, but that’s more than enough to catch a few playoff games.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Sign up for a 30-day free trial and get two free audiobooks.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2024
  • If the two sides can’t agree, the process might take years, possibly including a trial.
    Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The gag order became an issue at the trial again on Wednesday.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Goodman pointed out that the rapper had picked up the charges while out on bond awaiting trial in a 2022 Broward case.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This letter was kind of the final letter that there was going to be a trial or some kind of something.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 24 July 2023
  • What Happens Next: Families are awaiting a trial date in the case.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The New York trial in the hush money case scheduled for the middle of the Republican primaries.
    ABC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The novel ends with what appears to be her opening statement at trial.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Thus far, the researcher said this week, the approach has slowed amino acid buildup for trial participants.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2023
  • People who watched the trial intently were most upset with the verdict, Tilley said.
    John Wagner The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Sweeney is also expected to take the witness stand during the trial.
    Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Kaitlin Armstrong enters the courtroom to hear the verdict in her murder trial Thursday in Austin, Texas.
    Rebeccah Glaser, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Sign up for a 30-day free trial and get two free audiobooks (including Masters of the Air).
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The first talc cases against J&J to go to trial in state court in Philadelphia are expected to start in the fall of 2024, plaintiffs’ lawyers say.
    Jef Feeley, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2023

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