has sentenced
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present perfectof sentence (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
sentencenouna grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
Example Sentences
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The government has responded by banning demonstrations and the judiciary has sentenced several dozen people to three years in prison for disturbing the peace.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2025
A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel which collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
Now a federal judge has sentenced Coffey to prison for his actions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
Doc Gitney doesn't know it, but he has sentenced the S.B.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock