How to Use deliberation in a Sentence

deliberation

noun
  • After hours of deliberation, the council came to a decision.
  • She spoke to the audience with clarity and deliberation.
  • Jury deliberations lasted two days.
  • Here are a few points that warrant deliberation in this regard.
    Chintan Shah, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • That would take thought and deliberation and consistency with the clues and other facts.
    Philip Maymin, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • After less than 45 minutes of deliberation, the jury found Dunn guilty on all counts.
    Chris Pomorski, The New Republic, 23 June 2022
  • On June 1, after three days of deliberation, the jury found Heard liable on all three claims of defamation.
    Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • After just two hours of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict on all counts as charged for Wilson, according to the news release.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 9 June 2022
  • But this long preamble of deliberation and performance anxiety is as essential to the event as the gruesome climax.
    New York Times, 15 June 2022
  • After four days of deliberation, the jury found Michael Peterson guilty of first-degree murder.
    Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 4 June 2022
  • But, after about an additional hour of deliberation Wednesday morning, the jury reached its verdict.
    Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2022
  • Biden told reporters on Monday that, as another relief measure, gas rebate cards were also under deliberation.
    Gabe Ferris, ABC News, 20 June 2022
  • Starting Wednesday, the power will shift from the lawyers at the lectern to the jurors in the deliberation room.
    Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 28 May 2024
  • But deliberations over what the new plaque should say have been charged.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Ask some of the people who’ve worked with or played alongside Judge and Ohtani, and the answer has more deliberation.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The judge then ordered the jury to resume deliberations in what is known as an Allen charge.
    Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But being faced with a new choice will cause all sorts of deliberation.
    Roger Martin, Fortune, 7 July 2022
  • But after about two hours of deliberation, a jury found Sams, 34, not guilty of all charges this week.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
  • As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump's orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
    Jill Colvin, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • As the deliberations dragged on, some in Trump’s orbit had become convinced that the case had stalled and that charges might never be brought.
    Jill Colvin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The documents that the Senate released detail the deliberations over when and how to announce the deal.
    Kevin Draper, New York Times, 11 July 2023
  • The split verdict was reached on Monday after almost five hours of deliberations over the course of three days.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023
  • What was the deliberation process of deciding which 50 made the final cut?
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2023
  • The judge is then expected to charge the jury on Tuesday, followed by the start of deliberations.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 7 May 2023
  • There are new time limits on managers’ deliberations on whether to challenge calls on the field, too.
    Alva Noë, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The verdict was announced in a federal courtroom in New York City on the first day of deliberations.
    Larry Neumeister, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • In two days of deliberations, the jurors have sent three requests to Judge Merchan.
    Matthew Haag, New York Times, 30 May 2024
  • After a few days of deliberation, late Monday it was ordered that the building would be taken down all the same.
    Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
  • The judge's ruling came on the fifth day of deliberations and after a nine-week trial in a courthouse outside Boston.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 22 July 2024
  • After some deliberation on how to handle the situation, Santry eventually decided to call the police.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024

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