How to Use aggravated in a Sentence

aggravated

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  • In court, he was charged as an adult with four counts of aggravated murder.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Earlier this year a jury found her guilty of one count of high and aggravated breach of peace.
    — Nicole Chavez and Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022
  • He has since been charged with three counts of aggravated murder.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • Greenburg faces a charge of aggravated stalking of a person under the age of 16.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The suspect was also charged with one count of unlawful use of weapon by a felon and five counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm.
    — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 June 2023
  • Joel and Jazmine Rondon, both 33, face one felony count of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
    — Sara-Megan Walsh, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • Stearns is being held in the Summit County Jail on a charge of aggravated robbery.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 19 May 2022
  • The trial jury found Gable guilty of aggravated murder and he was sentenced in 1991.
    — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Many of the defendants were charged with 31 counts of bank fraud and seven counts of aggravated identity theft counts.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 18 May 2022
  • The worker asked to press charges, and the officer arrested the boy for aggravated battery.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Three days later, charged with aggravated arson and burglary, she was transferred to a jail in Newark.
    — Tracey Tully, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • He is charged with indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 and aggravated rape of a child.
    — Camilo Fonseca, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2022
  • As of Tuesday, reports of aggravated assault, burglary, theft and car theft were down between 8% and 29% from the year before.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • She was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in May 2021 for the death of Nathaniel Burton.
    — Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • She was arrested on June 16 and accused of aggravated assault, but the charge changed after Piedra’s death.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2023
  • He was arraigned in Concord District Court on a charge of aggravated rape and ordered held without bail.
    — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Jaylyn Reed, 17, has now been charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
    — Fox News, 19 June 2022
  • She was arrested June 16 and accused of aggravated assault, but the charge changed after Piedra’s death.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • At the time of the shooting, Del Valle was on home detention with pending charges on four counts of aggravated robbery, court documents state.
    — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Oct. 2022
  • Mays is facing a court martial, and was charged with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 July 2022
  • Kylan Owens, 19, was booked into the Dallas County jail on a charge of aggravated robbery.
    — Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The 14-year-old Mariemont High School freshman is charged with conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, a rare charge for those who make school threats.
    — The Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2024
  • An Indianapolis father has been found guilty of neglect and aggravated battery in the death of his infant son in 2019.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Wilson is charged with two counts of aggravated robbery.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Crocker argued that the judge handed down a sentence closer to 15 years and that the case didn’t meet the criteria for aggravated sentencing.
    — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2023
  • Peoria saw an increase in violent crime — driven by aggravated assaults — but a drop in property crime, which makes up the vast amount of all crime in the city.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The sheriff's office said Clower and Harp will be charged with felonious assault, theft and aggravated burglary.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2022
  • He’s been charged with 12 counts of aggravated manslaughter.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2022
  • At that time, he was charged with three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 13 July 2023
  • Evans, who was 18 years old at the time of the deadly shooting, faces one count of aggravated murder, two counts of murder and two counts of felonious assault, according to the indictment.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 May 2023

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