How to Use law-abiding in a Sentence

law-abiding

adjective

• Most have remained law-abiding.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
• Getaway cars very rarely are known for their safe, law-abiding driving.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
• If a law-abiding citizen can face this for simply coming home, then no one is safe.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
• Any good, law-abiding citizens would know better than to put themselves in harm’s way.
  — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2026
• The firm has a sterling reputation thanks to word-of-mouth among their law-abiding clients.
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 2 May 2024
• The bill defines a law-abiding citizen as anyone not barred from owning a gun.
  — Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024
• Critics accused them of politicizing his death to thwart their rights as law-abiding gun owners.
  — Terry Spencer, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2024
• Plus, a war on immigrants, most of whom are law-abiding, pay taxes and do the work others will not do, and for low pay.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2025
• Dyer believes rigid gun control laws mainly hurt law-abiding weapon owners.
  — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2024
• The city has banned an arm in common use for lawful purposes by law-abiding citizens.
  — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 4 May 2026
• Crooked Joe has a 40-year record of trying to rip firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens.
  — Adriana Gomez, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2024
• Thousands of law-abiding Americans do this every day.
  — Jared Gans, The Hill, 29 Jan. 2026
• As a law-abiding citizen and a taxpayer, the property is deeded in our name.
  — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2025
• People blow off steam and then go back and become basically law-abiding citizens.
  — Glenn Rifkin, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
• Why prioritize a perk for criminals over the needs of law-abiding residents?
  — John McCann, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
• For too long, our state representatives have turned a blind eye to the voices of victims and law-abiding citizens.
  — Carl Demaio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
• The foreign freeloaders were totally law-abiding, here to do the jobs Americans wouldn’t do.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
• Those restrictions are precisely what froze so many law-abiding ships in the Persian Gulf when war broke out.
  — Charles Edward Gehrke, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
• Every day, by caprice, the lives of ordinary, law-abiding people—our neighbors—are being destroyed.
  — Erin Neil, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
• Robinson complained that law-abiding people were being made to suffer because of the actions of one person.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
• Now Lestat has joined them, parading his vampirism to anyone who buys a ticket and drawing more and more ire from his law-abiding peers.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 June 2026
• Close to a million law-abiding companies have already complied with the law, and this ruling should be stayed and overturned on appeal.
  — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
• Superman, positive, law-abiding, and shaped by the loving Kents, belongs to the day.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
• But the right of law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families must be protected.
  — Gayle Pearlstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
• Many law-abiding shipping companies make this business decision, but this system leaves an opening for those who seek to skirt the rules.
  — Charles Edward Gehrke, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
• My father wants to live the rest of his life as a present parent, a supportive family member, and a law-abiding citizen.
  — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
• Joe Biden’s critics often accuse him of waging a war on law-abiding Americans’ right to bear arms.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023
• Why should law-abiding citizens have to pay for the irresponsible actions of others?
  — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
• Not in beautiful, free, law-abiding Florida.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
• Anything less is a disservice to every law-abiding citizen and victim of the crimes these policies enable.
  — John Fabbricatore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025