CONVICTION in a Sentence

Learn CONVICTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
252 example sentences for CONVICTION, such as:
1. His argument does not carry much conviction.
2. It had been the shock of conviction as she read.
3. In spite of this conviction, however, she was glad.
4. The High Court later quashed his conviction for murder.
5. Carpenter is free on bail while he appeals his conviction.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CONVICTION
conviction
 n.  judgment that someone is guilty of crime; strongly held belief
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  After the lapse of time that has passed since their crime, it was impossible for me to secure a conviction against them in any court.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
2  He looked at her with some disappointment in his face, but with a respectful and patient conviction that she must be right in whatever she did.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
3  Mr. Bounderby seemed agreeably surprised, notwithstanding his previous strong conviction.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI
4  'I should want to come back,' she said, with a quiet simplicity, heavy with conviction.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
5  Clifford felt her conviction, and somehow he believed her, he believed it was for him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
6  Some of the young ones spout about a Soviet, but there's not much conviction in them.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
7  There's no sort of conviction about anything, except that it's all a muddle and a hole.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
8  Fanny's answer was extremely civil, and Edmund added his conviction that she could be in no hurry.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
9  In spite of this conviction, however, she was glad.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
10  He was surprised; but after a few moments' silent consideration of her, replied in a calmer, graver tone, and as if the candid result of conviction, "I believe you are right."
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  His conviction of her regard for him was sometimes very strong; he could look back on a long course of encouragement, and she was as perfect in disinterested attachment as in everything else.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
12  Yet some happiness must and would arise from the very conviction that he did suffer.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  The conviction of his determination once admitted, it was not unwelcome.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  It had been the shock of conviction as she read.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
15  The horror of a mind like Fanny's, as it received the conviction of such guilt, and began to take in some part of the misery that must ensue, can hardly be described.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
Example Sentence: (42 in 3 pages)
1  She appealed unsuccessfully against her conviction for murder.
2  His argument does not carry much conviction.
3  The district attorney said if McVeigh is given the death penalty and his conviction is upheld on appeal, the state prosecution would become moot.
4  The spectacle of Xerxes's defeat tremendously reinforced the traditional conviction that pride goes before a fall.
5  The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
6  Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
7  The students possess the conviction that they can make a difference to their community.
8  The High Court later quashed his conviction for murder.
9  A judge this week is to rule on a defense request to reduce or overturn her second-degree murder conviction.
10  Fashion and change Two features of the present cultural climate make this element of conviction all the more necessary.
11  It is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken.
12  The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.
13  Carpenter is free on bail while he appeals his conviction.
14  As it was her first conviction for stealing, she was given a less severe sentence.
15  Nothing could shake her conviction that "abroad" was a dangerous place.