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.
  • Use it as a map, not a verdict.
    — Maria Williams, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Time alone can give the verdict.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The verdict could come as soon as this month.
    — ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • But the verdict doesn't end there.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Adani had cheered that verdict as well.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Richins bowed her head as the verdict was read.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Williams sobbed in court as the verdict was read.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the judge's verdict won't be the end of the saga.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Konig closed his eyes and bowed his head when the verdict was read.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
  • No verdict of guilty can ever bring my dad back.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That is the real verdict on this war.
    — Jon Duffy, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The verdict won’t be the last word on the matter.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • For many young Black men, those words could have been a verdict.
    — Essence, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That, and other changes of heart, led to the close verdict.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Court records show the verdict cleared her on both counts, and the case has since been closed.
    — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • If the verdict had gone the other way, what would that have meant for the film?
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 July 2023
  • Toossi's verdict is the right one.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The verdict could cost him billions.
    — Staff, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Meta and Google both plan to appeal the verdicts.
    — Shannon Bond, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The jury took just under two hours to reach a guilty verdict.
    — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Jurors took just a little over an hour to reach a verdict.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • At the end of the first trial, the jury was hung with no verdict.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The jury took just over an hour to return a guilty verdict.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • When the verdict was read, Dunbar put his head in his hands.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The other two have been tried and are awaiting a verdict.
    — ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • Davila then sent them back to the jury room to fill out their verdict form.
    — Michael Liedtke, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Jan. 2022

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