How to Use courtroom in a Sentence

courtroom

noun
  • That is why much of our politics now takes place in a courtroom.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Miller, entered the courtroom at the beginning of the hearing with their lawyer.
    Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
  • People lined up to get into courtroom for Richard Allen's trial.
    Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2024
  • DoNotPay isn’t bringing its robot lawyer to the courtroom anytime soon.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The attorneys returned to the courtroom only to head into the judge’s chambers for another half-hour.
    Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The district attorney, Alvin Bragg, was in the courtroom for the sentencing.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The courtroom is a conveyor belt of colorful characters.
    Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The film captures the protest, courtroom drama and cultural upheaval of the era, using an innovative style to bring the historic event to life.
    Lise Pedersen, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
  • One of the most high-profile true crime cases in recent history is playing out in a South Carolina courtroom.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
  • One morning, Wilson watched the trial from the courtroom’s gallery, which was often populated by other attorneys.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The rioters made quick work of devastating much of the Supreme Court, leaving the courtroom where justices decide cases in shambles.
    Simon Romero, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Bankman-Fried left the courtroom with his lawyers, wended his way through a wall of television cameras in the street outside, and climbed into a waiting vehicle, which quickly drove away.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Neither the former president or his children, who helped run and promote the Trump Organization, were in the courtroom for the sentencing hearing.
    Time, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Some in the courtroom gallery wiped tears from their eyes.
    Rebecca Boone, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • But Carroll’s case is the first to make it to a courtroom.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 9 May 2023
  • For years, hip-hop lyrics have been weaponized in courtrooms across the U.S.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • At the start of the hearing, the judge warned the audience to keep decorum in the courtroom.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The courtroom was silent and thick with tension as the judge compared the rounds.
    Josh Campbell, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • The teen was in the courtroom as part of a field trip when King called her out for sleeping.
    Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • What ensues is a drama that takes place in the home, in the courtroom, and in the public eye.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2023
  • And there was something in courtroom footage about the way people spoke.
    Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The movie is largely set in drab Arkham and a stately courtroom.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Gasps rang through the courtroom, and many of the Guardipees’ family members sobbed.
    Emma Epperly, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2024
  • De Niro was not present in the courtroom when the decision was announced.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The men looked beaten and injured as they were brought into the courtroom.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The judge denied the defense's motion, and Lori remained in the courtroom.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Paltrow’s lawyer griped to the judge Wednesday about a camera in the courtroom that was trained on his client’s face.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The moment the judge began describing it all again, Nicole ran out of the courtroom in tears.
    Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • There’s the question of how many lawyers Trump has at his side in the courtroom in each case, Udolf said, and the complexity of the law.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This will be the first time in seven months the parties will appear in Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2024

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