How to Use acquittal in a Sentence

acquittal

noun

• The case resulted in an acquittal of the defendant.
• The case resulted in acquittal of the defendant.
• Several jurors voted for acquittal.
• The acquittal of Shultz, Souede said, was not even close.
  — oregonlive, 19 July 2022
• The verdict marked the first full acquittal among the hundreds of people charged in the breach.
  — Sadie Gurman, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2022
• The first one is that Trump's acquittal, both of them, were inevitable.
  — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2022
• The next day, the jury returned a complete acquittal of all of the doctors on all counts.
  — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2022
• An acquittal may lead others to wait for their own day in court.
  — Michael Kunzelman, ajc, 28 Feb. 2022
• As Lewis notes, the odds of an acquittal in federal court are about half of one per cent.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
• Trump’s impeachment by the House and acquittal by the Senate.
  — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• Even if the trial is likely to end in Trump’s acquittal, people are sure to tune in.
  — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2021
• Even his acquittal couldn’t remove the shadow of a doubt.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
• No verdict can take the place of systemic change, but an acquittal would make things even worse.
  — Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2021
• The lawyer, for the sake of his reputation and livelihood, needs to win more than an acquittal.
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020
• The acquittal also means the state will pay the defendants’ legal fees.
  — Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 17 Nov. 2022
• All of this suggests the trial, which will start in earnest on Feb. 9, will end in Senate acquittal.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2021
• Upon Madeleine’s acquittal, a new life of fame, wealth and tabloid celebrity awaits — until the truth comes out.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 17 May 2023
• That could make an acquittal all the more stunning, some observers said.
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
• Their appeals ask for an acquittal of all charges or a new trial.
  — NBC News, 26 Apr. 2022
• Till’s death and the subsequent acquittal of three white men charged with the brutal murder was one of the turning points of the movement.
  — Bev-Freda Jackson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2023
• The acquittal comes as a big relief to Lee, who has been embroiled in legal problems for years.
  — Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• An acquittal would hasten questions about the purpose of the inquiry and the cost to taxpayers.
  — Eric Tucker, ajc, 14 May 2022
• Novak filed the first of two lawsuits about a month after his acquittal.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 4 May 2022
• The Castile painting is dated 2017, the year after the shooting occurred, but in sync with the time of the trial and the policeman’s acquittal.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
• But now, two weeks after Rolfe’s acquittal, the moment felt right.
  — Washington Post, 11 May 2022
• Despite the acquittal, Stanton still had harsh words for Batali.
  — Alec Hernandez, NBC News, 10 May 2022
• Fuhrman had found a bloody glove on Simpson's property the night of the murder, but the damage Bailey did to him played a key role in the acquittal.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2021
• Lynch was on his super yacht, the Bayesian, off the coast of Sicily last month to celebrate his acquittal in US court when the boat was hit by a storm and sank.
  — Ben Kesslen, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2024
• Hopefully this will be a step into an acquittal or, at the very least, a new trial for him.
  — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Oct. 2024
• While the city is not in a moment as fraught as 1992, when riots broke out in the streets following the acquittal of the officers who beat Rodney King, Martinez said there is a tension in the air.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025