How to Use conviction in a Sentence

conviction

noun

• She hopes to avoid conviction.
• In light of the evidence, a conviction seems certain.
• Convictions for shoplifting have made it difficult for her to get a job.
• They share my strong conviction that the policy is misguided.
• He has three prior drunk-driving convictions.
• This conviction was also in Solano County, and he was sentenced to prison.
  — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
• Fox News reported the 2004 conviction was the first time he was found guilty in court.
  — Valerie Nome, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2022
• The conviction that the truth is more important than hiding mistakes is a must-have qualification for a crisis comms manager.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• He was released in 2021 following nearly three years in prison after the conviction was overturned by the state Supreme Court.
  — Zack Sharf, Chicago Tribune, 29 Dec. 2022
• The manslaughter conviction of a police officer who was on duty is a first in Tarrant County, the station reported.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 19 Dec. 2022
• In August, over two years after Weinstein’s New York conviction, the states’s highest court granted him an appeal.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• Convictions for misdemeanors would be erased if the person was not convicted of another crime for seven years, while some felonies would be erased 10 years after the most recent conviction.
  — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Dec. 2022
• Aubrey Plaza plays Emily, a young woman with a criminal conviction in her past that prevents her from rising above her position as a server for a catering company.
  — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• And have the courage of our own convictions to speak up.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 June 2020
• That conviction should serve her well for the fight ahead.
  — Kayla Webley Adler, Marie Claire, 14 Mar. 2019
• Some adults with the same conviction would have paroled out 20 years ago.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
• Trump faces up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine per felony conviction.
  — Katrina Kaufman, CBS News, 4 June 2024
• Mack’s conviction brought him a lot of hardship over the years.
  — Jonathan Bandler, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• But the effect a conviction could have on their vote seemed small.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
• The pages are dense with facts, about a conviction or an appeal.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2021
• This gap gives rise to a conviction that either the parent is wrong or the world is.
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023
• He was sentenced to life in prison, and has since tried to appeal the conviction.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2021
• But there were other charges, and there was still hope of a conviction.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2023
• This was a woman of great stature and strong conviction.
  — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
• The conviction carries a sentence of up to life in prison.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 May 2024
• The conviction that Michael had a cache of treasure was real.
  — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
• The conviction was at the center of a memoir by the award-winning author.
  — Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2021
• Rodriguez’s conviction wasn’t his first brush with the law.
  — Elizabeth Zavala, ExpressNews.com, 10 Feb. 2020
• She is set to be released from jail on that conviction.
  — Carol Marbin Miller and, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• One of these indictments even yielded a conviction, albeit on 34 relatively minor charges of falsifying business records.
  — Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024