sentenced

verb

past tense of sentence
as in condemned
to impose a judicial punishment on the judge sentenced him to a fine of $50 and time served

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Recent Examples of sentenced Three of those defendants, in agreements, pleaded guilty to capital murder and were sentenced to life without parole. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026 Judge Michael Sweet sentenced Roderick Earl Sowells, 60, for the murder of David Marcus Jones, 29, of West Sacramento, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Cofield was sentenced to 11 years in prison in January 2024 for stealing $11 million from a Hollywood billionaire while Cofield was incarcerated in Georgia’s Special Management Unit, designed to be the state’s most secure prison. — Danny Robbins, AJC.com, 23 Oct. 2026 Joseph Strange, a 48-year-old Michigan resident, pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement and will be sentenced to prison in January, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Judge Theodore Tollefson sentenced Gebran to 180 days in jail with 166 suspended, for a total of 14 days to serve. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026 Strange faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced on January 27. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026 And while some of the allegations were never proved, he was convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice and sentenced to four years in jail. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentenced
  1. condemned
  2. punished
  3. doomed
Verb
  • At the time, the league said there were no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA and condemned attempts to use the subject to demean or marginalize others.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The term has since become a shorthand for antisemitic depictions of greed and has been condemned for elevating offensive stereotypes about Jewish people.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of condemned
Verb
  • Cam Skattebo was surprisingly punished for his fumbling issues, but there is precedence in John Harbaugh’s coaching history.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Settler violence has surged in recent years, and rights groups say that attackers are rarely arrested or punished for attacks on Palestinians.
    — Koral Saeed, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of punished
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  • And writer Faran Krentcil digs through her dating and designer past to find out whether a partner’s dislike of your fashion sense means the relationship is doomed from the start.
    — InStyle, InStyle, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Those feelings shift and change with age, trending from excitement to doomed from the age range of 10-13 to 19-24.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of doomed

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“Sentenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentenced. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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