The sentence was, as it were, not said but passed.

Stress levels are raised even further by the shock at hearing sentence passed.

Scarcely a sentence passes without a quotation or a citation.

Though the trial was over and the sentence passed, debate continued in this divided city over race and judicial fairness.

The court said the sentence passed muster because Arizona courts had defined the phrase narrowly.

The sentence had passed; and it appeared to me that a very long interval of time had since elapsed.

Hardly a sentence passes his mouth without use of the words "middle class."

I'd said it myself upon awakening, passed my own sentence.

A few sentences had passed between them.

Scarcely a sentence passed his lips without a mention of "toughness."