How to Use arraign in a Sentence

arraign

verb
  • Jeffries' partner, Matt Smith, was charged but has not been arraigned.
    April Rubin, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
  • That bond could increase after he is arraigned on the additional charges.
    Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Langhofer said shortly after Petersen was arraigned in Phoenix.
    Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2019
  • He was arraigned in September, with a court document filed later that month indicating a plea deal was in the works.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Petersen is scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 29 in Arkansas on the federal charges.
    Lauren Castle, azcentral, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The man was arraigned Thursday on charges that include three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon – a four-year felony – and three counts of ethnic intimidation – a two-year felony.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The response is understandable: Critics and filmgoers may not like being arraigned by a piece of blockbuster entertainment.
    John Semley, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
  • He was arraigned in Superior Court in Hartford on Friday afternoon.
    Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Engelmayer wrote in an order posted on the court's record of the prior case against the rapper that he would be arraigned for allegedly violating the conditions of his supervised release.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Young will be arraigned on the murder charge on March 3.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Chavez, who is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 30, faces up to 10 years in prison.
    Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The two were arraigned Thursday and entered not guilty pleas.
    Adam Elmahrek, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Trump was just indicted and arraigned in the records case.
    CBS News, 18 June 2023
  • He was arraigned in that case on Aug. 3, pleading not guilty to all four felony charges.
    Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • He will be arraigned next week—and Moore is already sounding the alarms.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Wong is out of custody while the case is pending, and is due to be arraigned on Feb. 23, court records show.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Menendez and his wife will be arraigned on the latest charge next week.
    Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The teens were arraigned in Parma Town Court and released.
    Will Cleveland, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2020
  • He is scheduled to be arraigned Jan. 15 and is no longer in custody.
    oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The other members of the group were arraigned this summer.
    Chase Hunter, azcentral, 17 Dec. 2019
  • She is set to be arraigned in her husband's murder on March 3.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2020
  • He is set to be arraigned in US federal court on Jan. 16.
    Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 15 Jan. 2020
  • He was arraigned Wednesday on a felony escape charge that was filed Aug. 31.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The 70-year-old was arraigned at Will County Courthouse, and is scheduled to be back in court on May 23.
    Essence, 14 May 2024
  • Trump is currently scheduled to be the first arraigned that day, at 9:30 a.m.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Except for one person who is still at large, those charged were arraigned on June 22 and 23.
    Nic F. Anderson, CNN, 30 June 2023
  • She was arraigned Tuesday and sent to the Denton County Jail.
    Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2020
  • He was arraigned Monday, and his bail was set at $1.5 million.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
  • Morales was arraigned on the murder charge and ordered held on $5 million bond.
    Fox News, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Graham was arraigned on the charges and released from jail on bail, the AP reported.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2019

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