How to Use law in a Sentence

law

noun

• The bill will become law at the beginning of the year.
• In our civics class we learned how a bill becomes a law.
• The courts exist to uphold, interpret, and apply the law.
• Schools are required by law to provide a safe learning environment.
• She has proposed a new law to protect people from being evicted unfairly.
• He's been in and out of trouble with the law for the last 10 years.
• There has not been any change to that part of the law since.
  — Brian Blase, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• For a long time, consent has been a hazy area in the eyes of the law.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Nov. 2021
• The facts and the law should dictate the ultimate outcome of the case.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2023
• In most cases, the law is on the side of rights holders.
  — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2019
• But the law says that any slave who sheds a white man’s blood must be killed.
  — Outlander Fan, Marie Claire, 12 Nov. 2018
• Life unwittingly placed them on the fringes of the law.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 16 May 2021
• Which is to say: What is needed here is the rule of law.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
• The new city law is aimed at cracking down on short-term rentals.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
• Gun rights groups have filed lawsuits to reverse the first two laws.
  — Daliah Singer, NBC News, 5 June 2023
• Rallies against the proposed law took place around the country.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2018
• Cary would have trouble with the law well into his adult life.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 25 Jan. 2019
• South Korea has passed a law banning the sale of dog meat.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• My law clerks come from diverse backgrounds and points of view.
  — Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 11 July 2018
• This, in part, forces people to take the law into their own hands.
  — Gilbert M Khadiagala, Quartz Africa, 12 Sep. 2019
• Marsh ruled that the office did not comply with the public-records law.
  — Sun Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2023
• And now, having fallen afoul of the law, things could get a whole lot worse for him.
  — SI.com, 8 July 2018
• Murdaugh's law partners were all around the crime scene.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
• The city, under state law, must bring in a third party to conduct the blight study.
  — cleveland, 8 Feb. 2022
• The law firm Seitz was with at the time mounted Lang’s defense.
  — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 3 July 2021
• Ohio's electors will vote at the state capitol, per state law.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2020
• But all is not lost: The law doesn’t apply to new condos.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019
• He was hit in the leg and arm, according to law enforcement sources.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• Still, experts and some politicians say the law is working — kind of.
  — Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022
• But then the house sold and my brother-in-law began packing to move out of state.
  — Susan Keaton, Naperville Sun, 14 July 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024