by reason of

phrase

: because of : due to

He was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Examples of by reason of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to three counts of murder in the killings of her children Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Clancy's attorney has argued she cannot be held criminally responsible for killing her children, a defense sometimes called not guilty by reason of insanity. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

Dominguez, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to the killings and the near-fatal attack on the spree’s sole survivor, Kimberlee Guillory, at both his retrial and his initial 2025 murder trial. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

The jury heard this week from a former co-worker of Clancy’s who recalled talking to her about the case of Andrea Yates, a Texas woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub, in 2001, and was ultimately found not guilty by reason of insanity. — Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for by reason of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove