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
• One count of perjury, which is a felony, was dismissed.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
• 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
• On March 4, Bailey pleaded guilty to two counts of perjury.
  — Elizabeth Depompei, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2021
• 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
• He was initially charged with five counts of perjury, and admitted to two in a plea deal.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 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
• In September, Murrah pleaded to one count of perjury and 14 counts of forgery.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 19 Nov. 2020
• 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
• The House voted against impeachment on a second perjury charge and on an abuse of power charge.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 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

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024