How to Use lawful in a Sentence

lawful

adjective

• The form must be authorized by the debtor to be lawful.
  — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2022
• Many of the state’s voters still don’t think the order was lawful.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2021
• While the facts are sordid, NDAs are lawful and common.
  — The Editors, National Review, 29 May 2024
• The three-judge panel found Ridgell's cannabis use was lawful and did not amount to child neglect.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• The group therefore predicts that the number of lawful instances could pass 1 million at some point in the next three years.
  — Alicia Chen, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
• His lawful and just sentence must be carried out as ordered by the court.
  — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Jan. 2024
• Despite the frontier ambience, the mood in town was lawful that day.
  — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
• The City's vaccine mandates are lawful and keep New Yorkers safe.
  — Clare Hymes, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2021
• Rhodes and the others stand accused of conspiring to use force to oppose the lawful transfer of power to Joe Biden.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2022
• In the lawsuit, Grayson said the city had entered a lawful contract and needed Porter to carry out her duties.
  — Arielle Kass, ajc, 23 July 2021
• Also, be familiar with what species of bait is lawful to catch and keep when cast netting.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
• More than 8,400 troops who declined to get the vaccine were forced out of the military for refusing to obey a lawful order.
  — Meg Kinnard, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• The lawful pathways will provide safety in order for them.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2023
• Both are useful and lawful but prone to abuse and potentially lethal.
  — Jonathan Turley, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2021
• For migrants, the formula for finding a lawful job is not so simple.
  — Hillary Chura, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2024
• In this case, outside experts have said the shooting appears lawful.
  — Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2024
• The goal, Frost said, is not to take away guns from lawful owners, but to implement common sense gun control policies to save lives.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• State and federal courts have ruled the grants were lawful in three separate challenges.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2022
• The point is not to choose between them: This is a lawful publication staffed by chaotic readers.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• Using these methods, the six are alleged to have killed possibly dozens of mules and bucks within and outside the lawful season.
  — Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 22 Apr. 2024
• In June, the Utah Supreme Court ruled the port authority lawful and legitimate.
  — Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• Those who refuse could be charged with violating a lawful order and face court-martial.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Oct. 2021
• Both refugees and asylees have a pathway to lawful permanent residence.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The man faces charges of motor vehicle theft and two counts of 1st degree assault, two counts of second- degree assault, and failing to obey a lawful order.
  — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 13 May 2023
• The other lawsuit challenged the use of unmonitored drop boxes, which the judge also ruled as lawful.
  — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
• For the first time this week, the U.S. acknowledging the role its intelligence has played in the war, calling it legitimate and lawful.
  — ABC News, 8 May 2022
• But, in a stand-your-ground state such as Florida, Zimmerman had a lawful right to patrol the neighborhood near Martin’s home.
  — Ronald Sullivan, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2021
• In July, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in the case that will decide whether such an expansive program is lawful.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
• Fair refers to lawful copyright of others’ works, such as for news reporting, parody or criticism.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2024
• On the other hand, if an officer does directly ask, a person must answer or risk being charged with refusing to comply with a lawful order.
  — Miguel Torres, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024