the Bill of Rights

noun phrase

: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Certain freedoms are guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.

Examples of the Bill of Rights in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other states have enacted similar measures, allowing people access to the courts for violation of their protections under the Bill of Rights and other provisions of the Constitution. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026

Advertisement Such intervention has only occurred twice since the Bill of Rights and the Act of Settlement (enacted in 1689 and 1701, respectively) established parliament’s ability to amend the terms of succession for the British Crown. —Callum Sutherland, Time, 26 Feb. 2026

Fewer still can explain the Bill of Rights. —Robert Casper, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026

The grand jury really dates back to before the Bill of Rights, but for our purposes it’s memorialized in the Fifth Amendment within the Bill of Rights. —John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026

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