CONVICT in a Sentence
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252 example sentences for CONVICT, such as:
1. I am a convict from the galleys.
2. At times, amid his convict toil, he paused.
3. He was convicted of carrying an offensive weapon.
4. He was convicted of filing false income tax returns.
5. Jan was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon.
2. At times, amid his convict toil, he paused.
3. He was convicted of carrying an offensive weapon.
4. He was convicted of filing false income tax returns.
5. Jan was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon.
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Meanings and Examples of CONVICT
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convict
n. a person who has been convicted of a criminal offense
n. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I am a convict from the galleys.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
2 Monsieur to a convict is like a glass of water to one of the shipwrecked of the Medusa.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
3 To all appearances, it was an occasion for preaching him a little sermon, and of impressing the Bishop on the convict, so that a mark of the passage might remain behind.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
4 Beneath the cudgel, beneath the chain, in the cell, in hardship, beneath the burning sun of the galleys, upon the plank bed of the convict, he withdrew into his own consciousness and meditated.
5 An excessive emotion was required to wring from him, once or twice a year, that lugubrious laugh of the convict, which is like the echo of the laugh of a demon.
6 At times, amid his convict toil, he paused.
7 Like an owl, who should suddenly see the sun rise, the convict had been dazzled and blinded, as it were, by virtue.
8 Under the axle-tree hung, like drapery, a huge chain, worthy of some Goliath of a convict.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
9 During his youth he had been employed in the convict establishments of the South.
10 He was a convict whom I was in the habit of seeing twenty years ago, when I was adjutant-guard of convicts at Toulon.
11 To climb a wall, to break a branch, to purloin apples, is a mischievous trick in a child; for a man it is a misdemeanor; for a convict it is a crime.
12 It is about a sort of blackguard; a man arrested for a second offence; a convict who has been guilty of theft.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
13 He obstinately denied everything, the theft and his character of convict.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
14 The usher, accompanied by a gendarme ready to lend him armed assistance, introduced the convict Brevet.
15 He was another convict for life, who had come from the galleys, and was dressed in red, like Chenildieu, was a peasant from Lourdes, and a half-bear of the Pyrenees.
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1 If jury decided to convict him of manslaughter, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
2 The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him.
3 You'll be facing a Federal rap for aiding and abetting an escaped convict.
4 I have all the evidence necessary to convict this young criminal now.
5 No school would touch a teacher who had been convicted of assault.
6 He was convicted on the uncorroborated evidence of the alleged victim.
7 Jan was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon.
8 He was convicted of carrying an offensive weapon.
9 Any officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be court-martialled.
10 He was convicted of filing false income tax returns.
11 He was convicted of corruption, and will be disqualified from office for seven years.
12 He was convicted of having unlawful sex with an underage girl.
13 I think the right to face your accuser is fundamental in that no one should be convicted on the evidence of an anonymous witness.
14 The judge was inexorable and gave the convicted man the maximum punishment allowed by law.
15 On the other hand, all sorts of people were tried and convicted in civilian courts.