How to Use seditious in a Sentence
seditious
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By the end of the seditious melee, five people were dead.
— Lauren Rankin, refinery29.com, 17 Jan. 2021 -
Natalia’s brothers were in and out of jail for seditious acts.
— Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019 -
This sounds seditious, Yura thought, and looked around.
— Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021 -
Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were found guilty of the high crime of seditious conspiracy.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 7 May 2023 -
The seditious conspiracy charges are among the most serious filed so far, but aren’t the first of their kind.
— Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022 -
Who are the Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack?
— Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Smith did not charge Trump with seditious conspiracy, a charge that was used against leaders of the on-the-ground riots.
— Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023 -
That gave the North considerable leverage to impose its will on the vanquished traitors of the seditious South.
— Damon Linker, TheWeek, 14 Dec. 2020 -
The Proud Boys are charged with seditious conspiracy over the attack.
— Harold Maass, The Week, 19 Dec. 2022 -
The repeal of the seditious language ban must be approved by the full council, which is expected this fall.
— David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2020 -
The year began with the nation’s biggest jerk encouraging a bunch of seditious jerks to march up to the Capitol.
— BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2021 -
Bertino faces a maximum 20 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and up to 10 years in prison for the firearms charge.
— Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022 -
Leaders of the Proud Boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
— Frida Ghitis, CNN, 10 June 2022 -
But wrapping all of those crimes up into a seditious conspiracy would be a tough sell.
— New York Times, 26 Jan. 2021 -
Leaders of two groups − four of the Proud Boys and two of the Oath Keepers − were convicted of the most serious charge of seditious conspiracy.
— Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024 -
For subscribers:How an Arizona man was charged with seditious conspiracy in the U.S.
— Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023 -
At the time, this project did not feel naive, idealistic, or radical, let alone seditious.
— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Four of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded guilty to the federal charge of seditious conspiracy.
— Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 13 Feb. 2023 -
The seditious conspiracy trial is the second of three from the Capitol siege to unfold blocks from the rioting.
— Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022 -
Jost also addressed how Stuart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, was found guilty this week of seditious conspiracy.
— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2022 -
The Insurrection Act is not just part of the case against Rhodes, who faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of seditious conspiracy.
— Devlin Barrett and Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2022 -
But Cheney made a blunt case that the party and the country cannot forget -- not least because the peril from the seditious ex-President is still growing.
— Stephen Collinson, CNN, 12 May 2021 -
Ewen tells Price that similar cufflinks with the phrase have been found in England, but this is the first time the seditious jewelry has been found in North Carolina.
— Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 10 July 2019 -
Some members of those groups have been charged with seditious conspiracy.
— Jill Filipovic, CNN, 21 June 2022 -
Rhodes could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of seditious conspiracy.
— Zachary Snowdon Smith, Forbes, 5 May 2022 -
Luckily for Gottmik, most of the other queens are too busy collecting intel on the seditious Elliott with two T’s to notice.
— Paul McCallion, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2021 -
The second seditious conspiracy trial begins this week, for members of the far-right Proud Boys.
— Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, and his co-defendants are the first people arrested in the Jan. 6 attack to stand trial on the charge of seditious conspiracy.
— CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022 -
He was sentenced to 22 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating and commanding his far-right followers to storm the Capitol.
— Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024 -
Of those, more than 850 people have pleaded guilty to crimes, including seditious conspiracy and assaulting police officers.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 28 June 2024
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