be guilty
Example Sentences
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The question now is what a suitable sanction will be - if Southampton are found to be guilty.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Even if they don’t know there is money laundering going on, they may still be guilty of breaking the law by not having done enough to prevent it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
This isn’t as surprising, since LLMs are “trained” on articles in which analysts interpret the news, and those analysts themselves will be guilty of negativity bias.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
“Some self-reflection of, hm, I may be guilty of some of these things toward her as well.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
Theseus, the thinker, rejected the idea that a man could be guilty of murder when he had not known what he was doing and that those who helped such a one could be reckoned defiled.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
