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Example sentences for ARRAIGN, such as:

1. The tramp was arraigned on a charge of stealing.
2. The sailor of that day would go near to be arraigned as a pirate in our own.
3. After his indictment by the Grand Jury, the County Criminal Court should arraign the accused man.
4. Thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime.

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 Meanings and Examples of ARRAIGN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
arraign
 v.  officially charge someone in a court of law
Classic Sentence:
1  The sailor of that day would go near to be arraigned as a pirate in our own.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
2  Thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being arraigned before a court for her horrid crime.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  After his indictment by the Grand Jury, the County Criminal Court should arraign the accused man.
2  The tramp was arraigned on a charge of stealing.