How to Use courtroom in a Sentence

courtroom

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Dan Abrams observes on the surveillance camera to catch a glimpse of a series of events in the courtroom.
    Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al, 19 July 2023
  • Inside the courtroom, Trump shook his head, threw his hands in the air and complained to his attorneys.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • But common sense doesn’t always win in a courtroom, where statutes reign supreme.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Culbertson cleared the courtroom after the verdict so lawyers in the case could speak with jurors.
    The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Anderson said someone should have stayed in the courtroom with him.
    CBS News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Anyone who didn’t make it into the courtroom could watch the action on TV screens in overflow rooms.
    James Fanelli, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Shift to thinking about a courtroom when a case is underway.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But that’s the episode’s big flash point — the graphic descriptions in the McKinney courtroom.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 23 May 2023
  • His mother, Barbara Fried, sat in the courtroom and smiled when her son entered.
    WSJ, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Apart from four relatives or friends of Thao, most of the people in the courtroom were journalists.
    Steve Karnowski, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The group’s interest in the Supreme Court extended beyond the courtroom.
    Emma Brown, Shawn Boburg, Jonathan O'Connell, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2023
  • The defense asked to have Remini removed from the courtroom at the beginning of the trial, which the judge denied.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 May 2023
  • The assistant principal walked over to Myre's parents in the courtroom and hugged them.
    Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2023
  • There were gasps in the courtroom as the jury foreperson announced the verdicts, first for each brother and then Molitor.
    Ed White The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The battle over gun rights has filled headlines and courtrooms, and yet no one showed up at City Hall to address the ordinance.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • After the jury filed out of the courtroom, Gimbel took off his brown loafers and put on orange jail sandals.
    oregonlive, 8 May 2023
  • Jury selection has already begun, and Mr. LaPierre has been in the courtroom for some of it.
    Danny Hakim, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Plus, the fit can be dressed up for the courtroom with pumps or down for a casual Friday with classic white sneakers.
    Vanessa Powell, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The lawsuits led to a deeply personal courtroom drama in which De Niro was at one point seen shouting in the courtroom.
    Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Their supporters began shouting as both men were rushed out of the courtroom.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024

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