How to Use in contempt in a Sentence

in contempt

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  • Records show a judge last month found Morgan to be in contempt of court.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There is little Fauci can do to stop Congress from seeking to hold him in contempt at this stage.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Judges elsewhere in the state were holding the agency in contempt around that time over similar delays, court filings show.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • The complaint alleges Martinez then directed her to leave the courtroom and threatened to hold her in contempt or jail her.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • Paul plans to hold a vote next week on whether to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress, which could potentially lead to fines or jail time.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • Paul said the committee will vote this week on a resolution to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • In recent years, the frequency of Congress holding public officials in contempt has picked up.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In response, a Senate committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Any attempt by the co-trustees to do otherwise, and any attempt to aid or abet the co-trustees as such, would constitute a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and be in contempt of court.
    — Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • His defense attorneys previously tried to get the death penalty taken off the table after prosecutors were found to be in contempt of court for talking about the case to the media.
    — Matthew Brown, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The move to hold Fauci in contempt would all but certainly fall short of the 60-vote threshold needed to advance most legislation in the upper chamber.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Three years later, the Feds declared the Trumps to be in contempt of the consent decree, alleging continuing discrimination.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Citing Biden's pardon, however, Paul said the committee plans to vote on holding Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer questions at the hearing.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • The petition filed in California state court asks to hold her in contempt and issue an injunction barring her from exercising unilateral control over estate property.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
  • Robinson’s lawyers previously tried to get the death penalty off the table after the judge held prosecutors in contempt of court for publicly discussing the case before a possible trial, but the defense’s motion was unsuccessful.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The motion asked a third time for the judge to hold Reyes in contempt for not complying with the divorce’s terms on custody of the couple’s daughter and Quiroz-Mata’s property, namely tools and multiple vehicles.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 15 July 2026
  • The entire Senate will now vote on whether to hold the former chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in contempt.
    — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Kansas City’s firefighters union says the city has ignored a judge’s order to carry out a 2023 arbitration award and is asking a Jackson County judge to hold the city in contempt.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The Senate Homeland Security panel voted earlier this month to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress following the hearing.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • When a mother privately holds her body in contempt while publicly modeling acceptance, daughters are often perceptive enough to register both messages simultaneously — and the private one, the unspoken one, frequently wins.
    — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Congress does not hold the power to prosecute or convict someone of the crime; instead, the House or Senate can vote to approve a resolution finding a person in contempt and refer the matter to the executive branch for prosecution.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Holding individuals in contempt of Congress can involve sending criminal referrals to the Justice Department.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Last week, that committee passed a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress for repeatedly pleading the Fifth—even after receiving a preemptive pardon from then-President Joe Biden.
    — Forbestv, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The prosecutor disclosed the escalating case numbers in court while trying to provide some context for Moore, who recently held a hearing to determine whether to find ICE in contempt of court for violating his and other judges’ orders.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • Yet Paul's grounds for holding Fauci in contempt ignore that any false statement Fauci made to the committee in 2026 could have exposed him to accusations of perjury outside the time period of Biden's pardon.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • And now, Paul and his fellow Republicans on the committee have decided to hold the 85-year-old Fauci in contempt of Congress for exercising his legal rights under the Fifth Amendment.
    — Letters To The Editor, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Yet Paul's grounds for holding Fauci in contempt ignore that any statements Fauci made July 29 could have exposed him to accusations of perjury or other offenses outside the time period of Biden's pardon.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Paul said that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will vote next week on whether to recommend holding Fauci in contempt of Congress.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 July 2026
  • In April 2025, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers held Apple in contempt and barred it from charging commission on purchases routed through outside payment links in the US App Store.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voted to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress.
    — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

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