How to Use gag order in a Sentence

gag order

noun
  • The judge has issued a gag order.
  • This past week, a gag order briefly barred writing about Hamzah.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The gag order is on hold for now, while the appeals court weighs the issue.
    — Tom jackman, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Kemp had issued a gag order in the case to ensure a fair trial.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Five days after the arrest, a judge signed a sweeping gag order in the case.
    — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The government ought to lift the gag orders and hear every voice.
    — Felix Gillette, Bloomberg.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The judge’s gag order prevented her and her lawyers from speaking to the press.
    — Arielle Gray, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The judge has imposed a gag order on all parties to the custody battle.
    — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2019
  • While part of the gag order was already lifted, some of it remains in effect.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • That led to a gag order prohibiting both sides from publicly discussing the case.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Sport has issued a gag order in the case, prohibiting lawyers from speaking to the press.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 6 Jan. 2020
  • There’s a gag order on telling the truth, in real life and in our fictional accounts.
    — Womensmedia, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Lemarr is under a gag order in her court case and couldn't discuss the seizure of her animals.
    — John Reinan, Star Tribune, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Not signing gag orders would actually be a very big leap for a lot of unions and would be a great first step.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The judge’s gag order doesn’t prevent him from declaring his innocence of the charges.
    — Byron Tau, WSJ, 20 June 2019
  • The court will decide on Sunday whether to lift a gag order on other details of the case.
    — Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The sides wrestled with the idea of a gag order, which was never formally addressed by the court.
    — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
  • The judge has put a gag order in place, restricting attorneys from talking about the case.
    — Dakin Andone and Janet Digiacomo, CNN, 1 Sep. 2017
  • None of the attorneys involved in the case would comment, citing a gag order.
    — Paul Vercammen, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
  • To the gag order and constant annoyance with any attention the case gets.
    — Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • The presiding judge on the case issued a gag order on Tuesday.
    — Pamela Kirkland, CNN, 8 July 2020
  • The gag order did not bar Trump from making comments about Chutkan herself.
    — Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Freed from a gag order that had mostly silenced him in recent weeks, Al Watkins was ready to talk.
    — Bryan Lowry, kansascity, 15 May 2018
  • The parties in the case are under a gag order, unable to communicate with the press.
    — Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The nuns turned down his offer in early December, calling it a gag order.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Prosecutors and police were able to speak out for the first time afte a judge lifted a long-standing gag order in the case.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In a statement released Friday, the nuns said the provost's offer is nothing short of a gag order.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 1 Dec. 2025
  • But with the lifting of the gag order, McCraw said he had been freed to explain what had happened.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • The extent of the discovery disclosure is unclear, with a gag order on the case and the specifics filed under seal.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The gag order comes after Drummond gave an interview to a media outlet from jail.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025

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