How to Use pardon in a Sentence

pardon

1 of 2 noun

• He asked my pardon for taking so much of my time.
• The governor granted him a pardon.
• But the order expands the grounds on which pardons are issued.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2023
• The letter did not say who had sought the pardon for DeValkenaere.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 14 June 2023
• Gaetz did not receive such a pardon and has not faced any charges in connection to the probe.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• The pardon process is a valuable check on the court system, Broden said Wednesday.
  — Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
• State crimes are not subject to pardon by the president.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• She was released in June 2021 and continues to seek a pardon.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• Glenn received a pardon from the governor of Illinois in 2015.
  — USA Today, 5 Feb. 2023
• Kreis downplayed the likelihood the state would issue a pardon.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023
• The pardon from Hogan marks just the latest milestone in Lomax’s journey to find justice.
  — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2023
• During the interview, Trump recounted the debate around the pardon question at the close of his first term.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Sanders has said if not for Bevin's pardon, Bandy would have still been behind bars for his 2017 conviction.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 1 Feb. 2023
• Georgia is one of just five states that does not issue pardons through the governor’s office.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• The pardon issue arose just as the Colosio case has taken on a new investigative twist.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• The other option would be for Meza to obtain a pardon, Toczylowski said.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2023
• If convicted of any of these state felonies, there would be no federal pardon available to him.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2023
• But are there pardons coming, if the White House is back in Republican hands after the ’24 election?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 21 June 2023
• Mathis had first submitted the pardon request in April 2021.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2022
• Novák did not address the pardon on X. She was forced to cut short her trip to Qatar and return to Budapest to address the mushrooming scandal.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2024
• However, some are concerned that the criteria for the pardon is too narrow.
  — C Mandler, CBS News, 1 Sep. 2022
• Some have accused Abbott of playing politics with pardons in the past.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• The 70-year-old has exhausted all appeals and only a royal pardon could quash the conviction.
  — Philip Heijmans, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2024
• But Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon removed that looming threat.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• Convictions on state charges can’t be erased by a pardon, even from a reelected Trump – or by any other Trump ally who might win the White House.
  — USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• The pardon ended a five-year ban on Lee holding a formal position at Samsung.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
• Wahlberg has apologized for the assaults in various interviews over the years, and while trying to obtain the pardon.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2023
• The pardon was announced by Aung Lin Dwe, the secretary of the regime’s governing body, and further details were confirmed by a source with direct knowledge of the case.
  — Alex Stambaugh, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
• Johnny’s sister Susanna (Julia Link), on the precipice of becoming a nun, begs the leader for a pardon.
  — Missy Frederick, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2024
• Many expect Thaksin to try to seek a royal pardon or parole based on medical reasons.
  — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023

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pardon

2 of 2 verb

• I'm willing to pardon a little sloppiness of dress in such a kind and loving person.
• The first hand to go in the air was that of Vivek Ramaswamy, who has promised to pardon Trump.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• To pardon the pun, at the start there won't be any excess of XeSS.
  — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
• All the while, the melody swings from sweet to sour (pardon the pun), angelic to chaotic.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
• Broidy was pardoned by Trump on his last day in office.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• Like with the New York case, the charges in Georgia are in state court, which a president cannot pardon.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• He was pardoned by Putin in 2013, but has since turned into a vocal critic of the regime.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
• Elsewhere in the interview, Baier pressed Trump about the events of Jan. 6 and whether Trump would pardon all of the rioters.
  — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 22 June 2023
• Georgia is one of a handful of states that doesn't give the power to pardon to the governor.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• To the folks who happen to live nearby Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze, pardon the noise this weekend.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 30 Aug. 2023
• By law, Abbott does not have the power to pardon Paxton if he's impeached.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
• Moon Man, which should end the weekend just over $355 million is, pardon the cliché, the movie China needed right now.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• But non-invasive procedures on the face are more—pardon the pun—on the cutting edge.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022
• The board also can’t deny a license based on a conviction that was pardoned or sealed.
  — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
• Now pardon the indulgence here, but is that not also the process behind the miracle that is a great movie?
  — Amos Barshad, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2022
• So the Republican turned heads over the weekend in his rush to pardon an Army sergeant convicted of murder.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2023
• In fact, Trump couldn’t even ask the Republican governor to pardon him.
  — Amber Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2023
• An Australian mom who was convicted of killing her four babies has been pardoned after 20 years in jail.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
• The company, now with 30 staff members, is (pardon the pun) seeded and came to Our Crowd, which is co-leading its Series A round of funding.
  — Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
• In recent years, presidents have pardoned the main Thanksgiving bird and its stand-in.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2023
• Governors have vast power to cut prison sentences short and pardon those who have been convicted of crimes.
  — Jay Root, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• Ismene asks Antigone to pardon her for refusing to help with the rebellious act of burying Polynices.
  — Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 8 July 2022
• Broidy pleaded guilty to one federal count as a result of the scheme and Trump pardoned him shortly before leaving office in 2021.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Most of the former convicts were let go after being pardoned by Putin following six months of front-line service.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
• The runners-up in the Republican contest are notable mainly for promising to pardon Trump and/or fill his mighty shoes.
  — Katherine Stewart, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Harding commuted Debs’s sentence to time served, but didn’t pardon him, which meant that Debs still did not have full citizenship rights, such as the right to vote.
  — Adam Hochschild, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
• After a presidential review of the case, Lincoln agreed with the request and pardoned Robinette.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2024
• As the Georgia and New York cases deal with state crimes, a President’s pardoning power would not apply.
  — TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
• President Biden pardoned two turkeys — Liberty and Bell — and joked about his age.
  — Kevin Roose, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• Biggs, the panel said, was also part of discussions for Trump to pardon people charged with trying to overturn the election.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 2 May 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024