COURT in a Sentence

Learn COURT 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.
417 example sentences for COURT, such as:
1. She will appear in court tomorrow.
2. She had received a summons to appear in court.
3. She can't pay her tax and is facing court action.
4. The men are due to appear before the court tomorrow.
5. There was a ripple of mirth, which the court checked.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of COURT
court
 n.  a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
 v.  seek someone's favor
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Alice had never been in a court of justice before, but she had read about them in books, and she was quite pleased to find that she knew the name of nearly everything there.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
2  This of course, Alice could not stand, and she went round the court and got behind him, and very soon found an opportunity of taking it away.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
3  The Hatter looked at the March Hare, who had followed him into the court, arm-in-arm with the Dormouse.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
4  And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
5  Here one of the guinea-pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
6  'You may go,' said the King, and the Hatter hurriedly left the court, without even waiting to put his shoes on.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
7  She carried the pepper-box in her hand, and Alice guessed who it was, even before she got into the court, by the way the people near the door began sneezing all at once.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
8  For some minutes the whole court was in confusion, getting the Dormouse turned out, and, by the time they had settled down again, the cook had disappeared.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
9  'Then the words don't FIT you,' said the King, looking round the court with a smile.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII. Alice's Evidence
10  They drove out of the vault into a clear space and stopped before an immensely long but low-built house which seemed to ramble round a stone court.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
11  He drifted listlessly down the street and found Jim Hollis acting as judge in a juvenile court that was trying a cat for murder, in the presence of her victim, a bird.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  There was another pause, and then the judge arrived and the sheriff proclaimed the opening of the court.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  There was a ripple of mirth, which the court checked.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  Tom wondered that Joe had not recognized his voice and come over and killed him for testifying in court.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
15  The duke he hired the court house, and we went around and stuck up our bills.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI.
Example Sentence: (207 in 14 pages)
1  A jury's decision in a court case must be absolutely objective.
2  The court upheld an injunction barring protesters from blocking access to the company.
3  She can't pay her tax and is facing court action.
4  His traitorous activity got him court - martialed.
5  He took out a court injunction against the newspaper demanding the return of the document.
6  The court remitted the matter to the agency for reconsideration.
7  Although it was only his first offence, the court handed down an eight-year sentence.
8  The government hopes the court will announce its findings before the end of the month.
9  She will appear in court tomorrow.
10  She received a summons to appear in court the following week.
11  She had received a summons to appear in court.
12  The men are due to appear before the court tomorrow.
13  Let's assume for a moment that I am a litigant in your court.
14  An attorney representing a client before a court helps to make the trial fair, but the attorney is not neutral.
15  The showdown between a district attorney and a Houston Chronicle reporter who refuses to reveal her sources moves into federal court Monday.