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 courtroom was packed as the verdict was read aloud.
    — al, 3 June 2022
  • The foreman, the sole Black man on the panel, wept when the verdict was read.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Feb. 2022
  • For some on the BrainTrust, the verdict was yet in on how well this will work.
    — Tom Ryan, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Their verdicts led us to select only the best of the batch.
    — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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 | [email protected], al, 31 May 2023
  • What was David Swift's verdict for Karen Swift's death?
    — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The jury took just under two hours to reach a guilty verdict.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Vander Ark was sick and not in the courtroom when the jury reached its verdict.
    — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Court will reconvene at 10:30 a.m. ET for the verdict to be read.
    — Mike Hayes, CNN, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The verdict came in on March 1, after a six-day trial: guilty on all counts.
    — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • The jury reached a verdict to award the victim a total of $124 million, to be paid by Bernal.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The final verdict for Jimmy — and the entire show — awaits.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The verdict so far: Western economies are resilient enough to absorb the pain.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Madigan’s team has sought to reverse the verdict and asked for a new trial.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Depp, who was not in court for the verdict, sued Heard for $50 million in damages over her essay in the Post.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 15 June 2022
  • The verdict: nothing, just the hum of nearby street traffic.
    — Hugo Martínstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Here is Tim’s verdict, based on the lad’s 38 minutes as a substitute.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • She’s expected to take the stand again in the retrial, after the state’s highest court threw out Weinstein’s guilty verdict last year.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 May 2025

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