How to Use verdict in a Sentence

verdict

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  • 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
  • Ward on Wednesday said Bryant is pleased with the not guilty verdict.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lori's mother Sheri Farmer still remembers the day the verdict was read.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • James Crumbley was silent and shook his head as the jury foreperson read the verdict.
    — Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The jury failed to reach a verdict on 18 other counts, which were later dismissed.
    — Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • So far, the verdict goes to Herbert, who has set NFL and franchise records during his first three seasons.
    — oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The verdicts were delivered in three stages over a series of days, causing Letby to break down in tears.
    — Ian Leonard, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The damages verdict was reached Friday in the Northern District of Illinois.
    — Isabella Volmert, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The verdict of the case surprised some industry experts.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Paxton’s allies promise to use the impeachment verdict against those who launched the case.
    — Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Carroll, on the other hand, called the verdict a victory for her and other victims of abuse.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • But Fred continued to take comfort in the civil suit verdict.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Last year, a judge rejected an effort by his lawyers to get the jury verdict overturned.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Regardless, the two fighters pat gloves and wait for the announcer to come onto the microphone with the verdict.
    — Ben Wyatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Trials are supposed to be public events, and the public in most cases should have the right to know who is rendering a verdict.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Thicke and Williams appealed the verdict, but in March 2018, a judge mostly upheld the jury’s decision.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2023
  • His case went to the high court that affirmed a reversal of the original verdict by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
    — David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2024

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