sit in judgment
Example Sentences
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If you decide not to sit in judgment of this couple, then your relationship with these family members shouldn’t be adversely affected.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2022
Citizens have a right to know who finances the nomination and election of the people who will sit in judgment of them.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2022
Zink lovingly lampoons the way that teenagers bumble toward identity and character: “Henry regarded himself as an ethical person with a right to sit in judgment because he knew first aid,” she writes.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022
Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan will sit in judgment of a fresh batch of aspiring singers on a new season of “American Idol.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2021
To be honest, I can’t understand how the Dutch, a nation of good, honest, upright people, can sit in judgment on us the way they do.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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