How to Use barrister in a Sentence

barrister

noun
  • Amal Clooney is a barrister by day and a party girl by night.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 13 July 2022
  • Despite all this, many barristers do not want the wigs and robes abolished.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • Judges and barristers sweat beneath their curly horsehair wigs and black robes.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • But come fall—with its back-to-work mood—the barrister’s wardrobe is all about sleek essentials.
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
  • As for her glam, the Lebanese-British barrister added a pop of color with a pink lip. George, on the other hand, opted for a more casual look with a navy polo shirt and light-wash jeans.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Why does the judge don his robe, the priest his surplice, the scholar his gown, the barrister his wig, the queen her crown?
    — Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Still the barrister found time to step out for dinner in New York City.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The Townsend family have employed their own barrister in an effort to get to the truth.
    — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The barrister has been all in on the boho chic look since arriving in Saint-Tropez.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This weekend, the barrister stepped out in a sequined coord that revealed a sliver of skin (just above) the navel.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The barrister was good as gold in a custom Maison Margiela halter.
    — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The barrister was good as gold in a custom Maison Margiela halter.
    — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The human rights barrister gave a masterclass in date night style with a roster of prize vintage dresses.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
  • But starting next year, would-be barristers in Oregon can bypass the exam and still practice law.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Amal Clooney is a certified barrister by day, and majors in dazzling eveningwear by night.
    — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • At 184 pounds and almost 7 feet tall, this barrister bookshelf requires ample space to house.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2022
  • He’s just been tasked with figuring out who lobbed off the noggin’ of a barrister at a secretive monastery in the boggy small town of Scarnsea.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • After one such episode, the room erupted into applause, fellow barrister Chris Ng said.
    — Suzanne Sataline, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2020
  • The human rights barrister wore a body-skimming white Tamara Ralph dress with a corset-like bodice, which was adorned with thousands of pearls of all sizes.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 June 2025
  • Working-class closed shops, such as that of the printworkers, were broken, while professional closed shops, notably for barristers, were left to thrive.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Here, a look at how the British-Lebanese barrister is single-handedly bringing the power blowout back into the present tense.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 11 Apr. 2018
  • According to the report, one of Depp's barristers was in self-isolation due to coronavirus.
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Take the criminal barristers, of whom there are about 4,000 in England and Wales.
    — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
  • In 1893, Gandhi took up his first job as a barrister in the British colony of South Africa.
    — Sudev Sheth, Quartz India, 1 Oct. 2019
  • In one of his many past lives, Foster was a hunter who, flush with cash from his work as a barrister, took the train to the North of England to hunt stags.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 30 May 2016
  • When Carol asked for the name of the person handling the estate, the friend gave her a business card for a barrister with a London office.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • But the Bar Council, the barristers’ representative body, has now ruled that barristers have the right not to wear them.
    — Harry Mount, Air Mail, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Sienna Miller is his wife, who stands by him, and Michelle Dockery is the barrister prosecuting him.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • The play follows Tessa, a criminal defense barrister in England whose views of the law change after she is raped by a colleague.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
  • The barrister and her husband, George Clooney, recently returned to their home away from home in Lake Como in style.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024

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