CRIMINAL in a Sentence
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210 example sentences for CRIMINAL, such as:
1. She's an authority on criminal law.
2. He was on the track of an escaped criminal.
3. The policeman ordered the criminal to drop his weapon.
4. Experts cannot agree on the causes of criminal behaviour.
5. The US administration recently branded him a war criminal.
2. He was on the track of an escaped criminal.
3. The policeman ordered the criminal to drop his weapon.
4. Experts cannot agree on the causes of criminal behaviour.
5. The US administration recently branded him a war criminal.
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Meanings and Examples of CRIMINAL
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criminal
n. someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a. guilty of crime or serious offense
Classic Sentence: (113 in 8 pages)
1 The forcible administration of poison is by no means a new thing in criminal annals.
2 It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded, breaks out in this way through emotion, so I hazarded the opinion that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man.
3 The condemned criminal was seated on his bed, rocking himself from side to side, with a countenance more like that of a snared beast than the face of a man.
4 By an examination of the ground I gained the trifling details which I gave to that imbecile Lestrade, as to the personality of the criminal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
5 I read nothing except the criminal news and the agony column.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6 Man, or at least criminal man, has lost all enterprise and originality.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
7 They would be helpless in the hands of a desperate fellow like this Notting Hill criminal if he could once effect an entrance.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
8 It is suggestive that during the last three years there have been four considerable burglaries in the west country, for none of which was any criminal ever arrested.
9 Thus I had made certain of the hound, and had guessed at the criminal before ever we went to the west country.
10 That is what she would have done if she had wished to shield the criminal.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
11 I had often endeavoured to elicit from my companion what had first turned his mind in the direction of criminal research, but had never caught him before in a communicative humour.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
12 Our chambers were always full of chemicals and of criminal relics which had a way of wandering into unlikely positions, and of turning up in the butter-dish or in even less desirable places.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
13 We shall find him in Hudson Street to-morrow, Watson, and meanwhile I should be the criminal myself if I kept you out of bed any longer.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Context Highlight In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
14 If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
15 A criminal strain ran in his blood, which, instead of being modified, was increased and rendered infinitely more dangerous by his extraordinary mental powers.
Example Sentence: (97 in 7 pages)
1 The police never caught him in any criminal activity but he eventually fell foul of the tax authorities.
2 The US administration recently branded him a war criminal.
3 Empathy for the criminal's childhood misery does not imply exoneration of the crimes he committed as an adult.
4 Experts cannot agree on the causes of criminal behaviour.
5 David Holton and Hughes already have entered into an agreement with the local state attorney to settle criminal charges.
6 You ought to have instructed your attorney to bring an action against the hawker for criminal conversation with your wife.
7 Most criminal cases are therefore settled without trial by the process of plea bargaining between the prosecutor and the defense attorney.
8 Either criminal or civil proceedings may be brought by the Attorney General.
9 She's an authority on criminal law.
10 He was on the track of an escaped criminal.
11 Unlawfully obtained evidence is not automatically excluded from a criminal trial.
12 The police kept after the criminal until they finally caught him.
13 The policeman ordered the criminal to drop his weapon.
14 The criminal escaped from prison, and the policemen were running behind.
15 The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws.