Sentence examples for were court from inspiring English sources
noun
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. A street with no outlet, a cul-de-sac.
- The girls were playing in the court.
Many of them, too, were court spectators by habit.
I knew there were court appearances, depositions, doctor's appointments, but the family was always the priority.
The Sumerian flood texts that preceded the Noah story were court narratives, propaganda.
Some were court martialled and sentenced to death, but the sentences were immediately commuted.
For two years there were court hearings and investigations and in 2003 I was sentenced to 12½ years.
According to Austrian Jewish organisations, there were court cases about Jewish-owned insurance policies back in the 1950s.
In one company, 39 of 150 soldiers were court-martialed.
Some were court-martialed or discharged; others resigned.
On their return, many were court-martialed and dismissed under emergency wartime powers.
American soldiers were court-martialled for waterboarding captives as recently as the Vietnam War.
