How to Use freedom of speech in a Sentence

freedom of speech

noun phrase
  • The freedom of speech is only for me.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The freedom of speech is only for me.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The freedom of speech is only for me.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Our country was built on the right to protest and freedom of speech.
    — Margo Price, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
  • Chicago shall promote freedom of speech and the press.
    — Tracy Baim, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Neither of them believed in freedom of speech.
    — Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Yet at its heart was a novel set of arguments about freedom of speech and the press.
    — Fara Dabhoiwala, Harpers Magazine, 4 June 2025
  • Choose to take the path to artistic expression and freedom of speech.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Attacks on our freedom of speech, our civil rights, our freedom to vote.
    — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Mar. 2026
  • This isn’t just a question of freedom of speech, but of economics.
    — Adil Rashid, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2023
  • He was not charged, but the arrest sparked a debate about freedom of speech and its limits.
    — ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • America still has freedom of speech.
    — Vanity Fair, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Again, of donors would have closed their wallets with the stifling of freedom of speech way before this.
    — Greg Lukianoff, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The death of freedom of speech would parallel the death of our democracy.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
  • This is terrifying, and should be to anyone who cares about freedom of speech.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Not only is our health at stake, but this attack on science is an attack on freedom of speech and thought.
    — Sylvia Chou, STAT, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The show’s yanking last week sparked a national debate about freedom of speech.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The actions against critics of Kirk have raised questions about freedom of speech.
    — Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That freedom of speech does not give you the freedom of consequences from your employer!
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Avoid sources who practice freedom of speech without an obligation to tell only the truth.
    — Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Needless to say, gamers of all varieties bristled at these restraints on their freedom of speech.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The underlying issue there was his freedom of speech.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But that doesn't mean that freedom of speech is freedom to incite violence against your classmates.
    — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • New Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.
    — Jeremy B. Merrill, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The actions brought once again to the fore the country’s divisions over gun control, race and freedom of speech.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
  • By claiming to protect freedom of speech, Wilkerson helped launch a war against it.
    — Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Even freedom of speech was framed less as a discipline, dependent on trust, restraint and shared ground.
    — Philip Martin, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The First Amendment protects, among other things, freedom of speech and of the press.
    — New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • That interaction led to a brief argument about freedom of speech.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • While lawyers enjoy the same freedom of speech as anyone else, not every topic is suitable for comment.
    — Peter Boyd, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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