on trial

Example Sentences

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His musician brother, David, has just gone on trial accused of influence peddling.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

The jury has been told that Andrei is not on trial because he could not be extradited from Romania.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Kit Tricks, whose 25-year-old sibling Crow Walt Tricks who is on trial, told the BBC Crow was alone in a cell for 22 hours a day.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

A third Romanian man, David Andrei, who is accused of holding Zeraati during the attack, is not on trial and is still in Romania.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

If there was ever a good time to be on trial as a Soviet spy in America, this was not it.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin