How to Use judge in a Sentence

judge

1 of 2 noun
Definition of judgenext
Synonyms for judgenext
  • She's one of the strictest judges in the state.
  • He served as a judge at the baking contest.
  • She is a good judge of character.
  • The judge scrapped the ban and warned against new rules.
    — NBC News, 31 Mar. 2020
  • But then the score flashed across the five judge's screens.
    — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The 2006 rule was open-ended and left much up to the judge.
    — Will Young, ProPublica, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Turn the beef into art and let fans be the judge of who’s earned the crown.
    — Shanetta McDonald, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The down judge lines up on the line of scrimmage and directs the chain crew.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 7 Feb. 2021
  • The parties have told the judge that the case could run into March.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But there is some question as to which of the 16 judges will hear it.
    — Littice Bacon-Blood, NOLA.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • To have a judge and lawyers then doubt her work was a blow to her pride.
    — Oscar Schwartz, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • In a courtroom, Dan holds court with the boys' club of judges and lawyers.
    — Jean Bentley, refinery29.com, 3 June 2020
  • A month later, the judge ruled that Rini was able to face the charges.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The state also can ask judges to order the homes to be sold.
    — Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2019
  • But the judge also decreed that the Kinchlows could not live there.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The judge said the group can’t use courts to circumvent the claims and appeal process.
    — Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The judge prompted Chaudhry to move along in her line of inquiry.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2023
  • If the judge agrees, the court could issue an order to stop the nuisance.
    — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The judge ruled in April that the children could move back home with their parents.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The case was dismissed by a U.S. district judge in 2018.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
  • The court turned them down by a tie vote, with five judges in favor and five against.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The case has yet to assigned to a judge or scheduled for a hearing.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Leon can object to the filing and have a judge review it.
    — Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The judge said the sentencing could be scheduled in about 2½ months.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021
  • To her great surprise, the head judge took her aside and pitched her a career in opera.
    — Annie Alleman, Naperville Sun, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The court filing is a request to the judge, and will set off a long legal fight.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 11 June 2018
  • The hearing was less than five minutes long and the judge was very nice and wished me good luck.
    — Danielle Corcione, Teen Vogue, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The judge didn’t reject the existence of the harms, or even that they were caused by oil spills.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Even after the jury found David guilty and the judge gave him the maximum sentence, the series offered no tidy takeaways.
    — Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The judge penalized Trump $455 million and ordered Weisselberg to pay $1 million.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
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judge

2 of 2 verb
  • Who are you to judge me?
  • If you are accused of a crime you have the right to be judged by a jury of your peers.
  • The jury will be asked to judge the defendant's guilt.
  • We should do whatever we judge to be the right thing.
  • He was trying to judge the strength of his opponent.
  • He feels that they have judged him unfairly.
  • You should not judge people by their appearance.
  • Don't judge her too severely.
  • John Lynch’s good idea is to put a chip in the ball to judge first downs.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • But the court ruled that the dogs could not be judged by their height alone.
    — David Rising, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Feb. 2020
  • To judge by the race so far, our chances do not look good.
    — Holly Thomas, CNN, 16 July 2022
  • If that’s the case for you, try not to judge or blame yourself.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Nor is it meant to judge her only by the hue of her skin.
    — Byron McCauley, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2020
  • But that’s hard to judge from a press box hundreds of feet above the field.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 Oct. 2017
  • He should be judged on his record and his plans for the future.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
  • And that knows how to judge the risks that humans pose to them.
    — National Geographic, 23 June 2020
  • Here’s a bit more about the folks who helped to judge our winning items.
    — SELF, 5 Nov. 2019
  • In addition, don’t judge their work hours by the clock of the school day.
    — chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And judging from its long life on the air, the public seemed to think so, too.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 29 Nov. 2019
  • There were 400 people in this room who were about to judge it.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 24 Dec. 2021
  • The online world can be quick to judge and slow to forgive.
    — Anna Jankowska, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Haskell told Williams, who had returned to judge the pageant.
    — Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 Dec. 2017
  • These are matters to be judged case by case, or frame by frame.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Some, like Joss, have asked to be judged on their own merits.
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 May 2019
  • Those who recognize that aren’t quick to judge but are faster to lend a hand.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Those who judge Greene by his numbers are missing the point.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 June 2022
  • The burly man recoiled, then shot back that only a court could judge him.
    — Michael E. Miller and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Both note this was still an early draft, and hope it will be judged as such.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2019
  • But judging people before the facts are in seems to be the American way, especially in the age of social media.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • And plenty of Amazon shoppers agree, judging by the headphones’ plentiful five-star ratings (and the fact that more than 4,000 of them were sold in the past month without any type of markdown, according to Amazon).
    — Rachel Simon, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024

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