The judge decided to acquit the man accused of stealing Sam's bike.    From LearnThat.org. 

They did, then came back with a mixed verdict form: 8 charges marked "acquit," and the rest left blank.    From Wordnik.com.  [WBIR.com - News] Reference

Woods isn't used to facing hard questions and probably wouldn't "acquit" himself well under fire, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference

May any terms acquit me from this chance?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rape of Lucrece] Reference

You ought to know that it is impossible to acquit them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orations of Lysias] Reference

He was tried and it took the jury two hours to acquit him.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

"It depends -- on how you acquit yourself," she said gayly.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Her Own Right] Reference

Those who blame Bacon must acquit Essex of all wrong-doing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference

Mrs. Tarbell felt that she was going to acquit herself commendably.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference

She was beginning to understand and to acquit herself of past injustice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference

It took the jury just 37 minutes Wednesday to acquit Brown of all 23 counts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jury quickly acquits murder defendant] Reference

Hallmark of Harmony acquit themselves well, finishing ninth among 37 competitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The secret of barbershop: harmonise, project – and smile!] Reference

The Thirty decreed death for those men who were your friends whom you must acquit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orations of Lysias] Reference

The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and acquit the guilty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 39: Nahum The Challoner Revision] Reference

The numbness that made it easier for the jury to acquit also made it easier for the rioters to riot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tv And The 'Firebell'] Reference

I spoke of this amiable widow it was rather to acquit my conscience than with any hope of succeeding.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Even if some jurors want to acquit, they may compromise by convicting on at least a few of the 17 counts.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Rosty Could Beat The Rap] Reference

It took just 27 minutes to acquit football star Warren Moon of assaulting Felicia Moon last July 18 at their house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moons Leapt Over The Candlestick] Reference

In fact, coming into this, most French thought the best they could do was to acquit themselves, not embarrassingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [First Week Of World Cup Play Disappoints Many Fans] Reference

But thy duty towards the Gods also, it is time thou shouldst acquit thyself of it with more goodness and simplicity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meditations] Reference

He replied, "Why, sir, I am forced to make the most of my time, that I may acquit myself creditably when in Congress.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference

On the first ballot after the jury began their work, four voted to convict, five to acquit and three remained undecided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spector II] Reference

For if you acquit those who confess to making a corner against the merchants you will seem to plot against the merchants.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orations of Lysias] Reference

And in effect, the Spartan boy with the fox gnawing into his side, did not acquit himself more heroically than my friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference

Except for the extension being a little irregular and unconnected, he did not acquit himself very badly in the first part.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Guests included several jurors who helped acquit Imelda last year of fraud, racketeering and obstruction-of-justice charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birthday Boogie] Reference

I acquit this gentleman of any invidious feeling towards me, but can only regret that he did not personally inspect my works.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference

I felt an anxiety amounting to pain for the brigade to acquit itself handsomely; and this feeling was shared by every man in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference

If it were, the jury would not have been instructed that if it merely finds that the defendant probably did it, it must acquit him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving O.J. The Ball] Reference

Falconer was one of the jurors the defense team dubbed the "three amigos" most likely to acquit; the other two remain on the panel.    From Wordnik.com.  [SETBACK: PETERSON ON TRIAL] Reference

A FALSE SENSE OF DUTY, to a husband whose own motive is the desire to acquit himself manfully in what he considers his marital duties.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Marshall himself declared that "" it would be difficult or dangerous for a jury to acquit Burr, however innocent they might think him. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Giving O.J. The Ball] Reference

She was, indeed, almost overcome by the prospect of it, and terribly anxious lest she should not acquit herself properly in the interview.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference

Three of the original jurors in the Graham case said that if they had heard all the witnesses originally, they would have voted to acquit.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Reckoning On Death Row] Reference

Watanabe said Beebe was lucky to be alive and accused the defense of trying to taint the image of Beebe so the jury would acquit the actor.    From Wordnik.com.  ['40 Year Old Virgin' Actor Shelley Malil Convicted Of Attempted Murder] Reference