put on trial
Example Sentences
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Almost on a daily basis, police have arrested and put on trial farmers accused of trying to skirt the ban.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
In 399 BCE, Socrates was put on trial before a jury of some 500 of his fellow Athenians.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Ryan was put on trial alongside an Azerbaijani citizen, Azad Mamedli, who was sentenced to 12 years for treason, AFP news agency reports.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
After a while, Washington called in the soldiers and told them to lock Honeyman up until the next day, when he would be put on trial as a spy.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
