How to Use law and order in a Sentence

law and order

1 of 2 noun
  • That would be real law and order.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The army may want time to ensure a restoration of law and order.
    — Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
  • And like most power grabs, it is cloaked in the language of law and order.
    — Pat Wright, Oc Register, 10 June 2025
  • There does seem to be a breakdown of some kinds of law and order on the island.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • The appearance of law and order will do.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • This isn’t about restoring law and order either.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Two new offerings show the new lean toward tales of law and order.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • My focus has been on law and order and fiscal matters.
    — Jack Fink, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
  • What good was a republic that couldn’t provide law and order?
    — Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s).
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Their preaching about being the party of law and order is falling on deaf ears.
    — Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Trump also has his hands in other aspects of the city beyond law and order.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025
  • People close to the case wondered if politics had played a bigger role than law and order.
    — Raquel Rutledge, ProPublica, 5 May 2026
  • But these actions are well within the role of a president to maintain law and order.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Residents of Manipur say there has been a breakdown of law and order.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • Oklahoma will continue to stand for law and order.
    — Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • How can Michael uphold law and order in his courtroom while also trying to keep his son alive and out of prison?
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 13 July 2025
  • Restoring law and order remains a concern for the new government.
    — Verena Hölzl, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
  • There are ruthless attacks that are creating fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
  • Ultimately, the adults in charge need to recognize that law and order matters.
    — Jonathan Beaton, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026
  • Democrats may talk a big game about law and order, but these actions are a violation of sacred principles.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 14 May 2025
  • Los Angeles is facing a collapse in basic law and order.
    — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • Increasing the tax burden of nicotine would also be a disaster for law and order.
    — Bautista Vivanco, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Please know that my Administration will not stop fighting to clean up our streets and ensure law and order.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Violence will never deter our efforts to uphold law and order.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Any like-minded people who agree with him would value law and order over violent threats, Fitzpatrick said.
    — Idaho Statesman, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And zero credibility on the issue of law and order.
    — Brian Bennett, Time, 11 Aug. 2025
  • And zero credibility on the issue of law and order.
    — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
  • This is antithetical to the kind of law and order the nation needs and that Trump is trying to enforce.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026

law-and-order

2 of 2 adjective
  • Even in law-and-order Texas, concerns seemed to break through.
    — Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
  • Imagine how much better the force would be with a law-and-order mayor.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • To be clear, standing on the side of law-and-order doesn't usually require a profile in courage.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This law-and-order state of guns, God and capital punishment is awash in cannabis.
    — John Burnett, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
  • And there were indictments because Israel is a law-and-order state.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
  • His campaign has focused on law-and-order, school choice and reforming the city's finances.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But somewhere since his days as a law-and-order mayor, Giuliani appears to have gone over to the dark side.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Trump is pushing to remake Alcatraz into a prison, part of his law-and-order push.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Riots fed law-and-order conservatism.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Adams hasn’t delivered on promises to clean up the city, earning him the ire of both anti-police and law-and-order types.
    — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 17 June 2025
  • But what often gets lost in this new law-and-order push is that violent crime doesn’t only endanger lives and property.
    — Ugo Troiano, Oc Register, 15 Oct. 2025
  • First-place finisher Paul Vallas, who ran on a law-and-order platform, got nearly twice as many votes.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Hamas defended its actions as a law-and-order drive in areas vacated by Israel.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Critics say a fierce law-and-order approach could undermine public health goals and advances in addiction treatment.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • And there is something else worth noting, as the president calls in the Guard and positions himself as the savior of law-and-order.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • This is martial law disguised as law-and-order—the oldest trick in the authoritarian playbook.
    — John Whitehead, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Then in 2019 the electorate voted in Nayib Bukele on a law-and-order platform.
    — Eduardo Gamarra, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Boudreaux has been spotlighting his decades of law-and-order experience and is promising to harden the nation's porous border.
    — CBS News, 21 May 2024
  • He was given the post of interior minister, the first politician with Communist roots in that law-and-order post.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Spitzer has long branded himself as a law-and-order district attorney and has been vocal about the issue of retail and residential theft.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • After the tragedy, Avant became a vocal supporter of Caruso’s law-and-order platform.
    — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
  • This return to immigration law-and-order was the foremost promise of his 2024 campaign.
    — Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • That Oh could hold law-and-order sentiments while resisting the implementation of stop-and-frisk comes perhaps as a surprise.
    — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Soon, citizens worried about law-and-order issues began to see him as a viable alternative to the establishment.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Paul Vallas, a former schools executive, is campaigning largely on a pro-police law-and-order message.
    — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Touting her tenure as a prosecutor confirms her intellect and signals that Harris wants to be seen as a law-and-order candidate.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Mayor Cherelle Parker, elected on a law-and-order platform, declared a public safety emergency on her first day in office.
    — Carla Lewandowski, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Then there's Willem Dafoe as a former actor, Wolf Jackson, now dead and with a large chunk of his skull exposed, who serves as the ghouls’ force for law-and-order.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Enthusiasm for a hardline approach to crime spread, dominating the election and boosting Kast's law-and-order platform.
    — Isabel Debre, Arkansas Online, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Roberto Arzú, a conservative law-and-order candidate, was barred for allegedly started his campaign too early.
    — Time, 25 June 2023

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