How to Use lax in a Sentence

lax

adjective
  • The university has been lax about enforcing these rules.
  • Most lamented the state’s lax gun laws.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • The doll was long all over; its neck was lax and long and boneless.
    — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • States with lax gun controls have some of the highest gun death rates.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023
  • The case exposed lax ethics on the part of the Bar itself.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Soft-on-crime judges and lax parole boards must be held accountable.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Twitter’s more lax rules come as more states legalize cannabis sales.
    — Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • When this happens, the skin can become lax, wrinkled, and shiny.
    — Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2023
  • And the southwest part of the state doesn’t even meet the more lax 2008 standards.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The lax structure of Cum Town was beginning to take its toll.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • The lax vibe stands in stark relief to that of most successful celebrity-chat podcasts.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Some of this likely comes down to the country’s relatively lax laws.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2026
  • Amazon has often come under fire for its lax product controls.
    — WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • In this new phase of hybrid work, where many have fallen into lax habits, the rules of meetings keep changing.
    — Danielle Abril, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The fascia in the face naturally becomes lax over time.
    — Scott Haak, EverydayHealth.com, 6 May 2026
  • Others, lured by the country’s warm weather and lax oversight, followed.
    — Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The White House has long bristled at the idea that border enforcement is lax.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Stafff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2023
  • My group may have become lax over the years with carrying first aid, extra clothing, and planning for the worst.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
  • This five-year timeline is far shorter than the long-standing rule of 25 years, which some critics said was too lax.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Jones and Pearson were protesting against Tennessee's lax gun laws.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Tennessee’s lax gun laws set a low bar Tennessee has some of the weakest gun laws in the nation.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Enforcement has been lax, as long as the homebrew didn’t spill into public trade or rowdy parties.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Nov. 2025
  • They’re often procured through straw men in states with lax gun laws and then trafficked illegally to the country.
    — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Nicole says high beef prices along with lax rustling laws in neighboring states are why Colorado cattle are prime targets for theft.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • In New York and across the country, lax liability laws pave the way for fraud.
    — Greg Hodgen, Washington Post, 14 May 2026
  • That was echoed at Turf Moor, where lax defending meant Villa had to score three times to win the match.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • While Microsoft has been lax with in-person work, the tech industry has gotten stricter.
    — Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • One state’s lax policies invariably led to increases in cases in other states.
    — Wendy E. Parmet, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2022
  • On social media, Democrats laid blame for Saturday’s shooting on lax state gun laws.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • In doing so, the operation was piling up even more waste, and government oversight was lax.
    — Lynsey Chutel Ilan Godfrey, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022

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