“The key is to construct your sentence so it conveys its message clearly and precisely.”

“The relatively lenient sentence has been widely interpreted as a blow to efforts to combat crime.”

“At present, he is serving his sentence in a Mordovian concentration camp.”

“This is perhaps due to the quotability and sententiousness of his couplets.”

“He supplies a grand moral sententiousness blessedly free from the messy squalor of life as it's lived here, I suppose.”

“It allows the sententiousness of the couplet, as well as the more complex modulation of blank verse.”

“Revealing a weak spot was a death sentence, and he had become the sentencer.”

“I think that is why this judge was a relatively timid sentencer, afraid to really ram a defendant.”

“The question of what weight to give to the offender's youth was determined by the sentencer on a case-by-case basis.”