How to Use deliberate in a Sentence

deliberate

1 of 2 verb
  • They will deliberate the question.
  • The jury deliberated for two days before reaching a verdict.
  • Pivotal took a slow and deliberate path to get here.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The judge has not said which ones will be alternates and which ones will deliberate the case.
    — Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti, Chron, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The jury deliberated for less than a day at the end of a one-week trial.
    — Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg.com, 8 May 2020
  • Paltrow was found not at fault by a jury that deliberated for just two hours.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
  • By the end of the night, though, as judges deliberated, there was one team that stood out among the rest to take the top prize.
    — Hanna Howard, Teen Vogue, 11 Aug. 2017
  • The jury now has to deliberate and return a verdict on the four charges.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The jury of six men and three women deliberated for less than three hours.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Cook will remain in her job at the Fed while the court is deliberating.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The jury has now been deliberating for more than 14 hours over a two-day span.
    — Fox News, 17 Aug. 2018
  • There’s no cameras in a holding room, this is while the judges are deliberating.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Now the practice has shifted from harmless free items to deliberate fraud.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But the invasion left no time to deliberate.
    — Natalie Yahr, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This allowed the state to use the map while the justices deliberated on the issue.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Congress was not asked to deliberate.
    — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The jury deliberated for more than three hours.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The jury deliberated for less than three hours.
    — Lucas Finton, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The jury deliberated for more than an hour.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
  • The jury of seven women and five men spent more than six days deliberating.
    — CBS News, 31 May 2023
  • The jury deliberated for less than two hours.
    — Eric Mandel, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Cahill told jurors they would be allowed to take copies of the instructions to deliberate.
    — Michael Tarm, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The jury deliberated for roughly eight hours over two days.
    — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • That leaves just one more needed to reach the 12 who will deliberate and two serve as alternates.
    — Matt Delong, Star Tribune, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The jury came to a guilty verdict after deliberating for about five hours.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • In the first trial, the jury deliberated for more than 25 hours over four days.
    — Kevin Grasha, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2017
  • Only 12 will deliberate; the judge has not said which two will be alternates.
    — Steve Karnowski, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The court will deliberate on the case and release a decision in the following months.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The judge informed the jury the verdict must be unanimous, and they were sent back to deliberate.
    — Doug Williams, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The jury deliberated less than two hours.
    — Deepa Seetharaman, USA Today, 18 May 2026

deliberate

2 of 2 adjective
  • He advocates a slow and deliberate approach to the problem.
  • She spoke in a clear, deliberate manner.
  • His hair had grown long, though not in any groomed or deliberate style.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
  • But he’s made a deliberate choice to keep it at arm’s length.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The song choice was a deliberate one.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Just a glance but a deliberate one.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That was a deliberate choice for these owners, who came to the area about two years ago.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2020
  • But this was deliberate, and his team-mates knew what was coming.
    — Michael Bailey, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Seems more like a deliberate choice than an oversight at this point.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The deliberate paint strokes allow the fruit to catch the light.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Think sharp crops softened by length, or longer cuts styled with a deliberate edge.
    — Genesis Rivas, InStyle, 1 July 2026
  • Even so, the case is moving at a slow, deliberate pace that could stretch for months.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Anointing this pair of films came across like a deliberate choice.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Could that missed phone call on the hiking trail, too, have been deliberate?
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Not all at once, but in a quiet, deliberate way.
    — Larry Stansbury, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The boots slot into a run of deliberate shifts.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And then comes that telltale sound again – slow, steady and deliberate.
    — Leonie Baier, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But even part of that was deliberate, with the team told to make their short putting an area of focus.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But this time, there was nothing deliberate about the process.
    — Jim Defede, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Deng has made this a deliberate part of how Poké House grows.
    — Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • Eyal said there was no question the choice of the two countries was deliberate.
    — NBC News, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Of course, a city can try to instead take a more deliberate approach.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 3 July 2019
  • The choice of location was as deliberate as the choice of song.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Overall, the offense needs to take more deliberate shots and avoid a slow start.
    — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The synth line is beyond catchy with a deliberate menace mixed in.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • It’s been a deliberate decision that’s been in the works for a while.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The stock market is itching for change, but changes have to be deliberate.
    — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • His forward lean on these things is deliberate.
    — David J. Lopez, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • And, alas, there are times when bias slips under the radar by deliberate design.
    — Hannah Fry, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2021
  • But over the past three years, there’s been a deliberate shift to make the site more positive.
    — Kara Brown, Marie Claire, 1 Mar. 2019

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