verb🔗ShareTo declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment."The judge sentenced the embezzler to ten years in prison, along with a hefty fine."lawgovernmentpoliticsguiltstaterightactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo decree or announce as a sentence."The judge is sentencing the defendant tomorrow after the jury reached a guilty verdict. "lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo utter sententiously."The old professor, sentencing about the importance of hard work, droned on and on, repeating well-worn platitudes. "languagewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of pronouncing a judicial sentence on someone convicted of a crime."After the verdict, the sentencing was not delayed."lawgovernmentpolicerightactionstateguiltChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act of creating one or more complete sentences from fragmented thoughts and phrases."He struggled with sentencing his frayed and angry verses from poem to prose."grammarwritinglanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareRelating to a judicial sentence."There were no sentencing guidelines for this crime."lawgovernmentpoliticsstateChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
