COURTHOUSE in a Sentence

Learn COURTHOUSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for COURTHOUSE, such as:

1. Years ago the theatre was a courthouse and a school.
2. And you, Ammos Fiodorovich, had better look to the courthouse.
3. Only, you see, the courthouse is not exactly the place for it.
4. All the village flocked to the courthouse the next morning, for this was to be the great day.
5. If that is the way you jest at the courthouse, Messieurs the lawyers, I sincerely compliment you.

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 Meanings and Examples of COURTHOUSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
courthouse
 n.  building that houses judicial courts
Classic Sentence:
1  And you, Ammos Fiodorovich, had better look to the courthouse.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
2  Only, you see, the courthouse is not exactly the place for it.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT I
3  All the village flocked to the courthouse the next morning, for this was to be the great day.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  If that is the way you jest at the courthouse, Messieurs the lawyers, I sincerely compliment you.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER VII—THE OLD HEART AND THE YOUNG HEART IN THE PRES...
Example Sentence:
1  Years ago the theatre was a courthouse and a school.