Example Sentences

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After spending decades in prison, they learned from an article in the Washington Post that prosecutors had withheld evidence that could have exculpated them.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2017

To good men, we think, indeed, that we have exculpated ourselves sufficiently.

From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Melanchthon, Philipp

Put before any jury of the Five Towns as evidence of character, they would almost have exculpated a murderer.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

The captain gave a sigh that would have exculpated him from the gravest of crimes, and looked steadfastly toward the west.

From Vesty of the Basins by Greene, Sarah P. McLean

Bayle might have exculpated himself with facility, by declaring the work was composed by La Roque; but he preferred to be persecuted rather than to ruin his friend; he therefore was silent, and was condemned.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac