How to Use trial in a Sentence

trial

1 of 2 noun
  • He did not get a fair trial.
  • He testified at the trial.
  • She is awaiting trial on charges of assault.
  • Cold winters can be a trial for older people.
  • Early trials have shown that the treatment has some serious side effects.
  • Recovering from her injury was a real trial of strength.
  • I know I was a bit of a trial to my parents when I was a teenager.
  • The case has not yet gone to trial.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • His trial date has not been set.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But a trial could be a long way off.
    — Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The case was set to go to trial.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The two men will be tried in the same trial.
    — Charlotte Observer, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But the trials didn't end with the storm.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The trial could last about six to eight weeks.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The crowd in the park dwindled as the trial went on.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The case was scheduled to go to trial next month.
    — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The matter had been set to go to trial next week.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • That set the stage for the most recent trial.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • That case is pending, with no trial date set.
    — Josh Funk, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Three of those priests are still awaiting trial.
    — Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Both plans offer a one-week free trial.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Either way, the young guns blazed through the trials.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Lang's trial in that case is scheduled for next month.
    — Shawna Mizelle, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • Three of them are still awaiting trial.
    — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • All those points were made at trial and didn’t move the jury.
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Sign up for a free 30-day trial while these deals are here.
    — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Will James Comey have to go to trial?
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Some would even try and renege at the end of their two-month free trial.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • More about the trial’s opening days here.
    — Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
  • His trial has been set for June 16.
    — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026

trial

2 of 2 verb
  • It can also be used to trial new tools and to monitor the cost of usage.
    — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • Scentbird, which allows subscribers to trial an 8-ml.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • And then there are countries like Spain, which has become the first country to trial a four-day workweek.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The pop-up will become a testing ground for the brand to trial its product assortment and to test market fit.
    — Tiffany Lung, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Yes, there is churn but even those customers – the ones who trial Prime but don’t go on to become members - are valuable.
    — Natalie Berg, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • The case will continue to trial if Gledhill is later found to be competent.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Once Powell pleaded guilty, Chesebro had been set to continue to trial on his own.
    — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Major clients also use its Aarhus facility to trial new concepts.
    — Alex Christian, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In about three or four weeks, developers will trial the merge again on another test network to fully prepare for the high stakes real deal.
    — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 10 June 2022
  • The partnership aims to work with the industry to trial innovative ways to treat obesity.
    — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
  • For some who planned to trial T-Mobile for a longer period, this shortening of the window may prove frustrating.
    — PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
  • This hastens the design process and allows engineers to trial different solutions to problems in a faster, cheaper way.
    — New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2025
  • On top of studying the dogs in the program, the Dog Aging Project will also trial potential anti-aging drugs.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Aug. 2022
  • World Rugby is set to trial new smart ball technology at next month's live under-20 championship in South Africa.
    — Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 17 May 2023
  • That something else looks like nothing Hart had ever seen before, at least not before Greenlight approached him with an offer to trial their new mite treatment on some of his colonies.
    — Time, 3 July 2023
  • The decision to trial a standalone home store is particularly interesting.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Prior to Dupixent, Sutter would have to trial foods by eating one item consistently, everyday, for a month, changing nothing else about his diet.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 14 June 2025
  • Changi Airport plans to trial a self-driving bus to transport workers around its restricted area starting this quarter, as part of efforts to increase productivity.
    — Sheila Chiang, CNBC, 30 July 2024
  • Posner said the decision could cause even fewer women to report their assaults, at least in the short term, and might cause some prosecutors to bring even fewer cases to trial for fear of having a conviction overturned.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
  • Anyone with a Standard plan subscription will be able to trial the new features for free, which suggests using AI will require paying extra once the suite of tools comes out of beta.
    — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 20 June 2023
  • Faced with a lack of funds to pay for essential tourist facilities such as new parking areas and additional waste management resources, Lofoten officials have been given the green light to trial a tourist tax.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Perhaps more importantly, customers can also trial the low-impact philosophy popularized by the husband-and-wife duo at their West Hollywood gym.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Herta believes an external brake or an entirely different braking system is possible for Wickens, who’d need to trial the system well before his full-fledged return to competition.
    — David Smith, Forbes, 29 May 2021
  • Australia plans to trial an age-verification system that may include biometrics or government identification to enforce a social media age cut-off, some of the toughest controls imposed by any country to date.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The Floyd County judge dismissed the case at the request of the district attorney, who decided not to bring Joey Watkins to trial again after his initial conviction was vacated.
    — CBS News, 25 Sep. 2023
  • From here, Marathon is about to trial a PvE mode that is actually meant to be fully PvE, rather than what Sponsored Night Marsh ended up being.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • However, the outcome in Manhattan federal court turned out far better than the risk of going to trial himself on the more serious charges of conspiracy, bribery, fraud and perjury, which carried harsher punishment.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The government statement said that New Zealand will also trial a program to allow some returning travelers to self-isolate at home between October and December this year.
    — Ben Westcott and Carly Walsh, CNN, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The University of Oxford will trial a new testing technology that aims to identify asymptomatic individuals with the coronavirus.
    — Tiago Ramos Alfaro, Bloomberg.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • How Top Websites Replace Traditional Test Groups In decades past, many high-profile companies and industries would utilize test groups to trial their latest marketing efforts or products.
    — William Jones, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025

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