How to Use lawless in a Sentence

lawless

adjective
  • The sport, back then, was all but lawless.
    — Oskar Garcia, New York Times, 15 June 2026
  • The songs themselves are too catchy and lawless not to bring thrills.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 11 May 2021
  • Great art is by nature lawless.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!
    — Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 8 July 2020
  • Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 27 June 2020
  • Such a government is lawless and has no right to exist.
    — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The new study makes clear that lawless behavior is not the norm among gun owners.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Trump has said the city is the poster child for a lawless Democratic city.
    — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Allowing that sort of lawless edict would be a recipe for tyranny.
    — Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 20 June 2024
  • In the lawless new era of badass dressing, the silk shirt is a wardrobe essential.
    — The Editors Of Gq Style, GQ, 5 June 2018
  • But the public reaction has been even wilder, even more lawless.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Since the start, the strikes have been a lawless operation.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
  • Your city is devolving into a lawless hell hole.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • One part of the book is set in a lawless South American drug zone.
    — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So what are the downsides of a lawless or corporate-ruled Mars?
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The high kitchen is a lawless place, where flavor profiles are made up and regrets come later.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 3 June 2025
  • Yet there may be no trend that better defines that lawless era than layering a dress over jeans.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Lane lines on the roads become mere suggestions in that lawless clime, as do traffic lights.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Residents of the north side describe a landscape that can feel lawless.
    — Andrea Ellen Reed For Cnn, CNN, 25 Sep. 2022
  • These safeguards are in place now because of how lawless things were during Liv’s time.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2021
  • People who were a bit lawless – there’s a real excitement to that.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The region where Monday’s massacre took place has long been lawless.
    — al, 5 Nov. 2019
  • But the caravan panic isn’t just about the idea of a lawless mob swarming the border.
    — Dara Lind, Vox, 29 Oct. 2018
  • As more tents appeared, the encampment became a lawless land.
    — Storey Wertheimer, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Base-ball, as it was called in the mid-1800s, was a lawless enterprise.
    — Keith Sharon, Orange County Register, 15 May 2017
  • Flynn plays a man compelled to clean up the lawless cattle town of Dodge City.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
  • The conflict, which has turned the region into a lawless one, is entering its fifth year.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • The next day, Prithviraj sent me out with his driver to see just how lawless the industry can be.
    — Adam Matthews, Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2015
  • The United States has long been a reckless, lawless actor on the world stage.
    — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 10 May 2018
  • Our cities are under attack by lawless law enforcement.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026

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