COURTROOM in a Sentence

Learn COURTROOM from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

14 example sentences for COURTROOM, such as:

1. The courtroom buzzed as the defendant was led in.
2. The courtroom was a large dark chamber, an austere place.
3. The reporters buttonholed the witness outside the courtroom.
4. The accused entered the courtroom handcuffed to two police officers.
5. The solid rank of police officers lining the courtroom opened to let them pass.

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 Meanings and Examples of COURTROOM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
courtroom
 n.  a room in which a lawcourt sits
Classic Sentence:
1  The next day and the day after, he hung about the courtroom, drawn by an almost irresistible impulse to go in, but forcing himself to stay out.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  A groan escaped from poor Potter, and he put his face in his hands and rocked his body softly to and fro, while a painful silence reigned in the courtroom.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
3  There was a titter in the courtroom; the officer who was holding Jurgis put up his hand to hide a smile, and the magistrate smiled without trying to hide it.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
4  There was again a laugh round the courtroom, stopping suddenly as the magistrate looked up and frowned.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
5  He said it was because I clear up in the courtroom but that's only a pretence, that job's no more than what I'm supposed to do, it's what my husband gets paid for.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter Three In the empty Courtroom - The Student - The ...
Example Sentence:
1  The courtroom was a large dark chamber, an austere place.
2  The reporters buttonholed the witness outside the courtroom.
3  The solid rank of police officers lining the courtroom opened to let them pass.
4  The accused entered the courtroom handcuffed to two police officers.
5  The courtroom buzzed as the defendant was led in.
6  Given the judge's political ambitions and the lawyers' financial interest in the case, the only disinterested person in the courtroom may have been the court reporter.
7  At this courtroom he would become known as the infamous man in the bulletproof glass booth.
8  In a scruffy courtroom with breeze-block walls, the dock is empty, defendants no longer appear in person.
9  Such scenes were once unthinkable in England's courtrooms, where magistrates can be called "your worship" and some judges sport gowns and wigs.