How to Use Miranda rights in a Sentence

Miranda rights

plural noun
  • Miranda rights were forty years away.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • She was read her Miranda rights.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • They're not trained to arrest people and read them their Miranda rights.
    — USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Smith was arrested at his home and waived his Miranda rights, police said.
    — Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2026
  • If arrested, you should be advised of your Miranda rights.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • If arrested, you should be advised of your Miranda rights.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • If arrested, you should be advised of your Miranda rights.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Police said Miller confessed to the crime after he was read his Miranda rights.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The troopers reads him his Miranda rights and puts him in handcuffs shortly thereafter.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • He was then handcuffed and questioned, without being read his Miranda rights.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • While inside the room, the school resource officer searches her phone, but does not read her Miranda rights.
    — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
  • After he was read his Miranda rights, McKenzie agreed to speak with police.
    — Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both Balat and Kayumi waived their Miranda rights.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And did officers properly read him his Miranda rights?
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Just to remind everybody, by the way, this meeting continues to be on the record, so you’ve just been read your Miranda rights.
    — Joseph R. Biden, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2018
  • The police officer sitting across from the teenager and his mother begins to read the teen his Miranda rights.
    — Kerry Kennedy, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
  • According to the complaint, Froberg was read his Miranda rights and agreed to speak with law enforcement.
    — Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Hernandez was questioned by police for more than seven hours and confessed before his Miranda rights were read to him.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The agent placed Flores in the back of a police vehicle and read her Miranda rights, officials said.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
  • Milburn identified her as the suspect and the deputy read her her Miranda rights, the affidavit alleges.
    — Kc Baker, People.com, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The defense also claims Mangione was questioned before his Miranda rights were read.
    — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Pierre Haobsh waived his Miranda rights and started talking to detectives.
    — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • After being arrested and advised of his Miranda rights, Oceguera refused to talk.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Officers searched him for weapons and interrogated him in a room without reading him his Miranda rights, the complaint said.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2024
  • Prior to interviewing him, detectives read him his Miranda rights.
    — Kellie Love, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The defense has argued that police waited too long to read Mangione his Miranda rights and that the police actions amounted to overkill.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Walton waived his Miranda rights and told police the victim had been threatening to kill him and his family members, the report stated.
    — John H. Tucker, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • When Henrichsen arrived, officers read him his Miranda rights and placed him under arrest.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Jarvis read Ward her Miranda rights before interviewing her, according to the report.
    — The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Shortly after, a police officer read Mangione his Miranda rights before he was frisked and handcuffed behind his back.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 18 May 2026

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