How to Use manslaughter in a Sentence

manslaughter

noun
  • She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people.
  • Marcelin was charged with murder but took a plea deal on a manslaughter charge.
    — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • He's now charged with manslaughter and remains held in jail.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • He was sentenced to six years for manslaughter.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Adams pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Oropeza, 50, spent about a decade in prison for manslaughter, court records show.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • They were deadlocked on the manslaughter charge.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Malik, who was 17 at the time, was charged as an adult with manslaughter.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • She was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Longet was not charged with homicide, but rather with reckless manslaughter.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • She was found guilty of manslaughter via firearm and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Chavez has been charged with manslaughter, a second-degree felony.
    — Ciara McCarthy 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2026
  • He was sentenced to twenty-four years for manslaughter.
    — John J. Lennon september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The 66-year-old man is facing manslaughter charges.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, a jury found Lorincz guilty of manslaughter via firearm.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The law also states that if the pregnant person dies, the provider would be charged with manslaughter.
    — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The teen was arrested and charged with manslaughter.
    — Gabriella Ybarra, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Two people have been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the case.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • She was charged with manslaughter and was 60 at the time of the sentencing.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Chambers has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges.
    — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in April.
    — Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Hackling has been charged with three counts of second-degree manslaughter in their deaths.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Malik, who was 17 at the time of the stabbing, was charged as an adult with manslaughter.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 May 2026
  • Dowdy was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with Beard's death.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The pair was charged with manslaughter in connection with the shooting.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The three teens are charged with murder, manslaughter and weapons possession.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Daniel Penny, in handcuffs, was charged with manslaughter last month.
    — James Fanelli, WSJ, 14 June 2023
  • Insua has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
  • George Pino was charged with vessel homicide and manslaughter.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • In his case, the jury will also weigh voluntary manslaughter and a weapons charge.
    — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022

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