How to Use courtroom in a Sentence

courtroom

noun
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  • 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
  • For years, hip-hop lyrics have been weaponized in courtrooms across the U.S.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 June 2024
  • 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
  • The courtroom was silent and thick with tension as the judge compared the rounds.
    — Josh Campbell, CNN, 12 July 2024
  • The teen was in the courtroom as part of a field trip when King called her out for sleeping.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 16 Aug. 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
  • The movie is largely set in drab Arkham and a stately courtroom.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • 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 judge denied the defense's motion, and Lori remained in the courtroom.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Paltrow’s lawyer griped to the judge Wednesday about a camera in the courtroom that was trained on his client’s face.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • That is why much of our politics now takes place in a courtroom.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • 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
  • Miller, entered the courtroom at the beginning of the hearing with their lawyer.
    — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
  • This will be the first time in seven months the parties will appear in Judge Tanya Chutkan's courtroom.
    — Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Dan Abrams observes on the surveillance camera to catch a glimpse of a series of events in the courtroom.
    — Josie Howell | [email protected], al, 19 July 2023
  • Looks like the king of gangster movies might find himself in a courtroom drama.
    — Vulture, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Due to the rules of courtroom procedures in Georgia, the trial will be live streamed on Youtube.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • From the courtroom in Saipan, Assange will arrive in Australia a free man.
    — The Editors, National Review, 26 June 2024
  • Rivera’s children, some dressed in black, squeezed together on a bench in the packed courtroom.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Impact on the Community The work shouldn’t stop at the courtroom.
    — Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
  • But common sense doesn’t always win in a courtroom, where statutes reign supreme.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The seven women and five men returned to the courtroom after less than two hours.
    — oregonlive, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Here's why there are no cameras in the courtroom Odinism has come up in motions, documents in Delphi murder trial.
    — Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In those final moments in the courtroom, many jurors were emotional, with some wiping tears away as the verdict was delivered.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024

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