How to Use law and order in a Sentence

law and order

noun

• An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s).
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
• But even then, Israel will have to contend with the challenge of who will establish law and order in Gaza.
  — Daniel Byman and Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2023
• Residents of Manipur say there has been a breakdown of law and order.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 8 May 2023
• Aaron Moten plays Maximus, a young soldier in the Brotherhood of Steel who believes in the group’s mission to bring law and order to the wasteland.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
• Trump’s approval rating on law and order has also shot up.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
• So does the abiding trope of a mysterious stranger riding into town to upend law and order, minds and hearts.
  — Celia McGee, New York Times, 19 June 2023
• That is a burning question in Kenya, where the government has pledged to send a police contingent to restore law and order in Haiti.
  — Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2024
• Zhou Yongkang was an outgoing member of the Politburo Standing Committee, in charge of law and order.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2023
• Americans have for years debated where to draw the line between law and order and the right to confront authority.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2023
• Neither Israeli troops nor the Hamas police force is on the streets, leaving citizens prey to a dangerous breakdown of law and order.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Mar. 2024
• Nearly 10 months ago, Henry urged foreign militaries to help restore law and order in Haiti.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The question of who maintains law and order after the conflict is deeply complicated, experts say.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
• Republicans, however, have seized on the new guidelines, as well record crossings at the southwest border, to portray him as weak on law and order.
  — Adam Liptak, BostonGlobe.com, 24 June 2023
• So while the Gaza protests are largely contained to campuses, the far-right Republicans see them as a way to harness that same enthusiasm for law and order.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2024
• The language of the characters reflects their remoteness, as does their cynicism toward law and order.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• Adams rejected all that, campaigning more or less exclusively on a platform focused on law and order and cleaning up the streets.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 Apr. 2023
• Republicans, however, have seized on the new guidelines, as well as record crossings at the southwestern border, to portray him as weak on law and order.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• The President cites a threat to law and order, and federal agents are dispatched to disrupt protests in the nation’s capital, using tear gas and a military helicopter.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
• Their fealty to the President, Nayib Bukele, was total, as was his commitment to an indefinite campaign of law and order based on mass arrests.
  — Amada Torruella, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
• Still, with all our successful efforts to provide law and order, the impacts of the Biden administration’s open border policies have made their way to Florida.
  — Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• Earlier in the year, Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against abolishing cash bail in his legislative law and order proposal.
  — Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2023
• But, properly understood, law and order is golden, and crucial.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
• Others, including agriculture, health, and law and order, are the responsibility of the states.
  — Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• Her family said a lax approach to law and order, coupled with a high recidivism rate, continues to put unsuspecting victims in harm's way.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 12 Apr. 2024
• In October, Kenya agreed to lead a multinational security force and send 1,000 police officers to Haiti to help restore law and order.
  — Pierre Esperance, Foreign Affairs, 2 Apr. 2024
• The latecomers to the vigil are unlikely allies: two Republicans who favor tough law and order policies.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2024
• Political lessons from the past Abbott’s approach has been largely about law and order, which plays to his conservative Republican base.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• But for the vast majority of people in America, the police are still considered trustworthy arbiters of law and order dedicated to keeping us safe.
  — Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
• The drumbeat has built since then in the liberal city that only last year recalled its progressive district attorney amid calls for law and order and deepening frustration over the city’s homelessness crisis.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• But other phenomena that emerged in the Trump years proved more difficult to manage—most important, his rhetorical attacks on law and order and centrist democracy.
  — Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024