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
• Often the police are acting in ways that courts have deemed lawful.
  — Arkansas Online, 17 Apr. 2021
• 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
• For many, these fees put a lawful purchase beyond reach.
  — Cody J. Wisniewski, National Review, 16 July 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
• Some of those restrictions may be lawful under the Voting Rights Act.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 July 2021
• It’s about all these ‘lawful but awful’ shootings, that 40 percent of people who don’t have guns.
  — Washington Post, 23 June 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
• As a condition of the bail reduction, Simmons ordered Chen to prove that her bail money is from a lawful source, according to court records.
  — Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2024
• To suggest our agents were anything less than professional in the lawful execution of this search warrant is patently untrue.
  — Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 11 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Jan 2025