How to Use verdict in a Sentence

verdict

noun

• The verdict was not guilty.
• Do you want my verdict on the meal?
• The jury reached a guilty verdict.
• The critic's verdict about the show was positive.
• If the verdict had gone the other way, what would that have meant for the film?
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 July 2023
• The verdicts were hailed as marking a new era of justice in the #MeToo era.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
• Ward on Wednesday said Bryant is pleased with the not guilty verdict.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 31 May 2023
• The verdict: The first thing our tasters noticed was the darker color of the noodles.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 5 Oct. 2023
• The jury of eight women and four men took five hours to reach their verdict.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• Feinstein condemned the verdict and urged the city to stay calm.
  — Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Vander Ark was sick and not in the courtroom when the jury reached its verdict.
  — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• From start to finish, the reading of the verdict took less than three minutes.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 31 May 2024
• City lawyers told the judge that a decision on whether to appeal the verdict would be made in the coming days.
  — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2023
• Since then, Heard had been fighting an appeal of the verdict.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 19 Dec. 2022
• Lori's mother Sheri Farmer still remembers the day the verdict was read.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
• After months of holds and appeals, whether a verdict in the case would come before Election Day is up in the air.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
• The Trump campaign used anger over the verdict to raise a staggering $141 million in May.
  — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• What does today’s verdict mean for the #MeToo movement?
  — Kim Elsesser, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• James Crumbley was silent and shook his head as the jury foreperson read the verdict.
  — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
• Whether Jones will pay any part of the verdict remains a major question hanging over the case.
  — Laurel Calkins, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2022
• If Chutkan’s March 4 start date holds, lawyers estimate that case could reach a verdict by May.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• The verdict: Some other pie crusts in our test were buttery, sure, but none of them were quite as buttery as Kroger’s.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
• The verdict came at the tail end of a chaotic Thursday morning in San Francisco.
  — Chris Young, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• Of course, some lawsuits end in verdicts against the defendants.
  — Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, 30 Aug. 2024
• The verdict: The pizza was pretty good, but the service at the bar on a Monday afternoon was glacial.
  — Mike Deehan, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
• The news of the verdict was cheered loudly by pro-war commentators.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
• Several experts deemed the verdict a step back for the #MeToo movement.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
• The not guilty verdicts related to Ms. Erlich and the third sister, Nicole Meyer, 37.
  — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Trump was fund-raising off his conviction with small-dollar donors as well; his campaign, which portrayed him as the victim of a politicized justice system, brought in nearly $53 million in the twenty-four hours after the verdict.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• If those arguments appear insubstantial, the jury verdict and injunction should stand.
  — Alden Abbott, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024