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trial Noun

— A trial is a meeting in court with a judge where two sides explain their positions and the judge or jury makes a decision. He was taken to jail to await trial for murder. Jury selection in the trial began today. He's spending all that money on lawyers defending him at trial. His criminal trial is set to begin Monday. He was charged with murder and went on trial last week. Can a black man get a fair trial in Canada? The judge ruled that the trial would proceed on schedule. I am likely to be a witness in this trial. She will have to be back in court to stand trial again in about eight months. — A trial is a test to see if something works or not, especially in science. Several randomized clinical trials have shown that aspirin may reduce the risk of cancer. In at least one large controlled trial, researchers found no positive effect for the drug. Dr. Finkel is helping conduct the clinical trial. — Trial and error is the process of trying things and making mistakes as you learn something. There is some trial and error to finding the right solution. — A trial is a competition where the winners are chosen to move on to higher level competitions. She finishes in the top three at the Olympic trials in Toronto. — A trial is a difficult experience.

trial Verb

— If you trial something, you test it to see if it works, especially in science.

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How do I use Flick Trial in a sentence?

Simple sentences

That man is going on trial next week.

That man is on trial for the murder of a little girl.

We learn by trial and error.

The truth finally came out at his trial.

He decided to put the murder trial first in the evening news.

She went on trial charged with murdering her husband.

The accused thief is on trial now.

Many newspaper reporters attended the trial.

The witness did not seem nervous when he spoke at the trial.

Who is the plaintiff in this trial?

The trial went on day after day.

This is a hearing, not a trial.

The serial killer was cold and distant during his trial, and appeared unaffected by the fact that he had murdered so many people.

Finding a solution that worked was a process of trial and error.

The murderer is now on trial.

The trial is not open to the public.

Through trial and error, he found the right answer by chance.

The long voyage was a trial for us.

The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.

After the trial, they freed the prisoners.

When criminal cases come to trial, it is common for twelve jurors to serve on the jury.

In 1632, Galileo published a book that said the Earth orbited the Sun. The Catholic Church arrested him and put him on trial.

This trial is guilty of wasting my time; the verdict is therefore guilty.

News and current affairs

Major traffickers never come to trial because judges are bribed or intimidated.

The confused reaction to this verdict should, perhaps, give pause to all those who think that putting the past on trial is a straightforward thing.

Within days, Stanculescu was among those masterminding the show-trial of the Ceausescus which ended with their being sentenced to death and executed on the spot.

A big part of public opinion seems to be behind him, believing his trial politically motivated.

Stanculescu did just that in 1989 at Timisoara, and he did so again, a few days later, at Ceausescu's trial.

But his half-brother and more powerful rival, Prince Naif, the Minister of Interior, ordered the arrests, trial, and imprisonment of 13 reformers in March 2004.

And his younger brother, Dzhokhar, recovering from gunshot wounds in a Boston hospital while waiting to be put on trial for his life, seems to have been a pathetic follower who acted less out of deep conviction than out of fraternal love.

Above all, the rest of the world has looked on with alarm as the US holds more than 600 men at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba without access to family or counsel, and without prospect of an impartial hearing or trial.

None of them has ever been put on trial.

If there are any human rights at all, the right not to be locked up indefinitely without trial is surely one of them.

As matters currently stand, there is no mechanism for bringing Saddam Hussein to trial.

Milosevic's extradition to face charges of war crimes before the Hague Tribunal--a trial that has proceeded without incident in Serbia--was also peaceful.

Two years ago, Prof. Ibrahim, together with practically all of the Ibn-Khaldun Institute staff, were arrested and put on trial before a State Security Court on trumped up charges.

After diplomatic pressure was applied by the United States (through his American-born wife, Prof. Ibrahim holds US citizenship) and the EU, he was granted a re-trial.

Similarly, regardless of the outcome of DSK's trial in New York, the case might represent a turning point in the treatment of women in Europe.

For not just Ibrahim, but the values that the EU professes to uphold, have been on trial in Egypt, and they have been mocked by the Mubarak's regime idea of justice.

Generals ordered to use chemical weapons would have to reckon with the prospect that the regime could, actually, fall, and that they then might find themselves on trial for war crimes.

Those denouncing the attempt to put Bashir on trial include the large blocs of countries that are members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the African Union, together with such powerful states as China and Russia.

Though he seemed secure at the time, a year and a half later he was sent to The Hague to stand trial.

He had to flee Liberia a few months later and initially received asylum in Nigeria, but is now on trial in The Hague.

The EU's silence in the face of his arrest and imprisonment is shameful. For not just Ibrahim, but the values that the EU professes to uphold, have been on trial in Egypt, and they have been mocked by the Mubarak's regime idea of justice.