pass judgment
Americanphrase
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to make a critical evaluation of someone or something; to adopt the position of judge (usually used with on to introduce the person or thing being judged).
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(of a judge) to render a legal judgment or legal opinion on a matter before the court.
Example Sentences
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Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner after last month's first informal vote, in which the council's 15 members, including the five with veto power, pass judgment in secret on the candidates.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Capote vs. the Swans” feels as forbidding and vindictive as the society wives who pass judgment on Capote.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
She is part of an impromptu jury or tribunal assembled to pass judgment on the man who is sitting in the middle of the back seat, crying.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2023
The Supreme Court, which has the final say in presidential election petitions, has 60 days to pass judgment from the day of the presidential tribunal ruling.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
What anguish it must cost him, Kit thought with shame, to have to sit here and pass judgment on a member of his own household.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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