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was sentencing

  • past progressive
    of sentence.
    sentence
    noun
    a 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.

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Dozens of Kelsey’s friends and family packed the Nashville courtroom, where many silently cried and comforted each other as Crenshaw explained why he was sentencing Kelsey to 21 months in prison.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023

But Judge Talwani rejected the idea that she was sentencing Mr. Sartorio more lightly because he was less wealthy than some of the other defendants.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2019

Kidd made it clear to Pell he was sentencing him only on the basis of the offending considered by the jury and their subsequent conviction.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2019

Judge Katherine Forrest called Abu Hamza's actions "barbaric" and "misguided" and said she was sentencing him to life because she could not think of a time when it would be safe to release him.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2015

The eyes of all were turned upon him, Westray, with fierce enmity and contempt, and it was he, Westray, that a stern-faced judge was sentencing, as a traducer and lying informer.

From The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner