How to Use perjury in a Sentence

perjury

noun

• He was found guilty of perjury.
• At least Barry Moore beat the rap on his perjury charge.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 26 Feb. 2023
• Schools spokesman Wayde Byard is facing a count of felony perjury.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• She was found not guilty on two other counts of perjury.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
• She was found not guilty on three other counts of perjury.
  — Colleen Slevin, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022
• Schwarz is later sentenced to 15 and a half years in prison for perjury.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• Handy pleaded guilty to perjury and was sentenced to one year in prison.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2023
• Four years later, he and his wife were found guilty of felony perjury and voter fraud.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021
• Everyone in perjury that was out, none of them seemed shocked.
  — EW.com, 10 Nov. 2023
• Schools spokesman Wayde Byard was indicted on a felony count of perjury.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2022
• The oath is made under penalty of perjury, a state felony that carries jail time.
  — Albinson Linares, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Miller and Search were arrested Dec. 15 and charged with perjury.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Mosby is charged with two counts each of perjury and mortgage fraud.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
• Bonds and Clemens denied use under oath and were later found not guilty of perjury.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
• In 2008, she was sentenced to six months in prison for perjury after lying about her steroid use.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
• Andrews is charged with two counts of election perjury and 28 counts of election forgery.
  — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
• But legal experts say the episode could open Jones up to a possible perjury charge.
  — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2022
• She was charged with two counts of perjury for her 2016 civil deposition in the case.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
• The jury found Clemens not guilty of perjury following a trial in 2012.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
• The charges include perjury and endangering the welfare of a child.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 2 May 2021
• All tax returns must be signed and filed under penalties of perjury.
  — Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• Charged and convicted of perjury, Shoulders was sentenced to three years in prison and Dolan was sentenced to two years.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2023
• They were joined by 10 Republicans on the perjury charge and five on the obstruction count.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2021
• Elizabeth Fox-Doerr, 50, has been in jail since July on a charge of perjury and was hit with the murder charge this week.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022
• It's made under oath, under penalty of perjury, and nobody seems to care.
  — Fox News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Weisselberg, 76, pleaded guilty on March 4 to two counts of perjury.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Apr. 2024
• The two also pleaded not guilty to perjury and tampering-with-a-witness charges.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2021
• Brave also faces perjury charges over a dinner cruise and hotel stay in Boston.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Prosecutors also charged the man with perjury, Price said.
  — Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
• Cullen previously testified in the perjury trial of Tim Mapes, the speaker’s longtime chief of staff, who was convicted of lying to protect his boss and sentenced to 2½ years in prison in February.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024