CULPRIT in a Sentence
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33 example sentences for CULPRIT, such as:
1. Police finally managed to catch the culprit.
2. The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him.
3. The main culprit in the current crisis seems to be modern farming techniques.
4. The culprit falters excuses, and professes a determination to do better tomorrow.
5. An unhappy culprit, found guilty of imperfect exercise, approaches at his command.
2. The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him.
3. The main culprit in the current crisis seems to be modern farming techniques.
4. The culprit falters excuses, and professes a determination to do better tomorrow.
5. An unhappy culprit, found guilty of imperfect exercise, approaches at his command.
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Meanings and Examples of CULPRIT
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culprit
n. someone who perpetrates wrongdoing
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1 It could have betokened nothing short of the anticipated execution of some noted culprit, on whom the sentence of a legal tribunal had but confirmed the verdict of public sentiment.
2 The unhappy culprit sustained herself as best a woman might, under the heavy weight of a thousand unrelenting eyes, all fastened upon her, and concentrated at her bosom.
3 An unhappy culprit, found guilty of imperfect exercise, approaches at his command.
4 The culprit falters excuses, and professes a determination to do better tomorrow.
5 Petritsky, whom he liked, was implicated in the affair, and the other culprit was a capital fellow and first-rate comrade, who had lately joined the regiment, the young Prince Kedrov.
6 The culprit was sitting at the window in the corner of the drawing room; beside him was standing Tanya with a plate.
7 The culprit was moved to a few abject tears by these words and their pathetic tone.
8 Bitzer, still holding the paralysed culprit by the collar, stood in the Ring, blinking at his old patron through the darkness of the twilight.
9 It must be confessed, however, that the case looks exceedingly grave against the young man, and it is very possible that he is indeed the culprit.
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
10 I went to Devonshire with the conviction that Fitzroy Simpson was the true culprit, although, of course, I saw that the evidence against him was by no means complete.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
Context Highlight In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
11 In a few hours the examination would commence, and he was still in the dilemma between making the facts public and allowing the culprit to compete for the valuable scholarship.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
12 That in itself is enough to show us that the shoe had been drawn in that direction, and that the culprit had taken refuge there.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
13 There was no voice of rebuke; but there were averted eyes; there was a silence and an air of solemnity that struck a chill to the culprit's heart.
14 As Dantes spoke, Villefort gazed at his ingenuous and open countenance, and recollected the words of Renee, who, without knowing who the culprit was, had besought his indulgence for him.
15 The first-named malefactor will be subjected to the mazzuola, the second culprit beheaded.
Example Sentence:
1 The police will apprehend the culprit and convict him.
2 The editor recognized the plagiarism and rebuked the culprit who had presented the manuscript as original.
3 Police finally managed to catch the culprit.
4 The main culprit in the current crisis seems to be modern farming techniques.
5 All the men were being deported even though the real culprits in the fight have not been identified.