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Definition of sentence:
part of speech: noun
Opinion: a judgment pronounced on a criminal by a court or judge: a maxim: ( gram.) a number of words containing a complete thought.
part of speech: noun
Judgment pronounced; maxim; period in writing.
part of speech: verb
To pronounce judgment on: to condemn.
part of speech: noun
Judgment, opinion, or decision; judgment pronounced by a court; a series of words containing a subject and a predicate, and expressing a thought completely.
part of speech: verb
Usage examples for sentence:
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The prisoner being called in again, heard his sentence with perfect composure.
"The History of Napoleon Buonaparte", John Gibson Lockhart. -
His sentence was fifteen, wasn't it?
"Every Man for Himself", Hopkins Moorhouse. -
To what purpose, with my impossible sentence
"Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist", Alexander Berkman. -
We, therefore, sentence you to Sing Sing for five years,- Go to the next.
"Diary in America, Series One", Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat).