ARRAIGNMENT in a Sentence

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For ARRAIGNMENT, below is one of 4 sentences:
Thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARRAIGNMENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arraignment
 n.  a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment
Classic Sentence:
1  The sailor of that day would go near to be arraigned as a pirate in our own.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
2  Thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The tramp was arraigned on a charge of stealing.
2  After his indictment by the Grand Jury, the County Criminal Court should arraign the accused man.