How to Use seditious in a Sentence

seditious

adjective
  • Natalia’s brothers were in and out of jail for seditious acts.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019
  • That was seditious behavior, that was a big deal.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Four of the men were found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 June 2025
  • Some members of those groups have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
    — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 21 June 2022
  • But wrapping all of those crimes up into a seditious conspiracy would be a tough sell.
    — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021
  • There is nothing improper, much less seditious, about that statement.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
  • There is nothing improper, much less seditious, about that statement.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The seditious conspiracy charges are among the most serious filed so far, but aren’t the first of their kind.
    — Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022
  • At the time, this project did not feel naive, idealistic, or radical, let alone seditious.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The repeal of the seditious language ban must be approved by the full council, which is expected this fall.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Among the hardliners, I was condemned as a seditious woman.
    — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for seditious conspiracy related to the riot.
    — Shayla Colon, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were found guilty of the high crime of seditious conspiracy.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 7 May 2023
  • Salisbury was even indicted for seditious libel and faced up to 21 years in prison.
    — Stephanie A, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Rhodes could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of seditious conspiracy.
    — Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 5 May 2022
  • Four of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded guilty to the federal charge of seditious conspiracy.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The Proud Boys are charged with seditious conspiracy over the attack.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Leaders of the Proud Boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
    — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • Two other people are charged under the same colonial-era law for conspiring to produce seditious leaflets.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 25 June 2021
  • Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges.
    — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The year began with the nation’s biggest jerk encouraging a bunch of seditious jerks to march up to the Capitol.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021
  • That gave the North considerable leverage to impose its will on the vanquished traitors of the seditious South.
    — Damon Linker, TheWeek, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Zenger was arrested and accused of seditious libel or content that challenged the authority of the state.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • In all, 11 Oath Keepers have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Bertino faces a maximum 20 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and up to 10 years in prison for the firearms charge.
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • He was jailed on charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • As a result, Rhodes was released from prison but his seditious conspiracy conviction remains on his record.
    — Tom Dreisbach, NPR, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The seditious conspiracy trial is the second of three from the Capitol siege to unfold blocks from the rioting.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The second seditious conspiracy trial begins this week, for members of the far-right Proud Boys.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023

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