Clues for the word "SENTENCE"
We've had 73 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 96 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on October 31, 2025.
Definition of sentence
- n. - Sense; meaning; significance.
- n. - An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature.
- n. - A philosophical or theological opinion; a dogma; as, Summary of the Sentences; Book of the Sentences.
- n. - In civil and admiralty law, the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause; in criminal and ecclesiastical courts, a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge; condemnation pronounced by a judgical tribunal; doom. In common law, the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases.
- n. - A short saying, usually containing moral instruction; a maxim; an axiom; a saw.
- n. - A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the close by a period, or full point. See Proposition, 4.
- v. t. - To pass or pronounce judgment upon; to doom; to condemn to punishment; to prescribe the punishment of.
- v. t. - To decree or announce as a sentence.
- v. t. - To utter sententiously.
Referring Clues
- It could be several years
- Life, for one
- It may follow one's convictions
- Prison term
- Life or death, e.g.
- It might end with a bang
- Part of a paragraph
- Paragraph part
- Five to ten, say
- Follower of one's convictions
- It's usually measured in years
- Something handed down
- Convicted criminal's punishment
- With 44-Across, ten?
- Stretch in a cell?
- Conviction aftermath
- Paragraph portion
- Parsing target
- Courtroom punishment
- Judge's pronouncement
- It's often between two periods
- Life or death
- Five to nine, maybe, but not nine to five
- Life, e.g.
- Jail term
- Grammatical unit
- Court judgment
- Court handout
- Tenure in the pen
- 10 years, for example
- String of words
- Set the penalty
- Result of a conviction, often
- It may be given or suspended by a judge
- It has a noun and verb
- It may end with a question mark
- Judge's declaration in a few words?
- What a convict serves
- Impose a punishment on
- Lyrical line, perhaps
- Some rockers get a suspended one
- Perhaps this is time for a criminal
- Period at end of this punishment?
- That which ends with a full stop
- Penalty clause?
- Bird that concludes with a period
- Words - said by judge
- A few words addressed in French to the Church
- Group of words with verb
- Legal punishment
- See 11
- Fine words
- Punishment that's capital to a point
- A few words in condemnation
- Words passed?
- Words that get passed
- A basic of written exam? Pass it!
- Term-time punishment?
- See 12
- Judgement given in words that make sense
- Pass judgement on grammatical structure
- One lacking in awareness gets punishment
- Court decision
- Term of imprisonment
- It may be diagrammed
- Life, for example
- Tell you how much time you've got?
- Impose imprisonment on
- Senator's sounding strained after judgment
- This clue is one.
- Judge's declaration in a few words?
- Its structure is studied in language classes
- Ruling
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - October 31, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - September 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - November 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 12, 2024
- Daily American - June 22, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 17, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - October 13, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - September 16, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2023
- Mirror Daily - April 03, 2023
- Family Time - January 23, 2023
- USA Today - January 09, 2023
- Daily American - June 22, 2022
- USA Today - November 20, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - September 16, 2017
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2017
- Mirror Quick - June 14, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - April 27, 2017
- New York Times - February 18, 2017
- Guardian Prize - January 28, 2017
- LA Times - January 05, 2017
- Mirror Daily - August 12, 2016
- Universal - July 25, 2016
- Penny Dell Daily - June 06, 2016
- And in 66 more crossword puzzles...