How to Use the Bill of Rights in a Sentence

the Bill of Rights

noun phrase
  • Fewer still can explain the Bill of Rights.
    — Robert Casper, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That is the kind of freedom that was enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
    — Binyamin Appelbaum, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Forget the 10th amendment, that should be in the Bill of Rights.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2025
  • On the one hand, the Bill of Rights applies to everyone, to persons.
    — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The first 10, called the Bill of Rights, were adopted almost right out of the starting gate.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • But the Bill of Rights was ratified more than eight years after the Treaty of Paris was signed.
    — Rich Logis, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The only claim citizens have on the state, under the Bill of Rights, is for a trial by jury.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
  • This acceptance of what became the Bill of Rights has been pivotal to the way Britain is governed since.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Without the first 10—the Bill of Rights—this would be a markedly different nation.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
  • As for guaranteeing fundamental rights, the Bill of Rights points the way.
    — Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
  • Expanding the security state has come at the cost of weakening the Bill of Rights.
    — Abdallah Fayyad, Vox, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Efforts to weaken the concept will lead to an erosion in the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
    — Editorial, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • It is followed by seven short articles and ten amendments known as the Bill of Rights (1791).
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 1 July 2026
  • The six-foot-tall monument includes the Ten Commandments and the Bill of Rights on its larger sides.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Why did the authors of the Bill of Rights have a problem with the government establishing a state religion?
    — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Griffin is also loaning the institution his copy of the Bill of Rights, another rare first printing.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 June 2025
  • The first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights, operated against federal, not state, intrusion.
    — Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • Freedom of assembly, speech and freedom of the press are precious gifts that the Bill of Rights confers on all Americans.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Our Constitution and the Bill of Rights are worth fighting for and potentially dying for.
    — Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • Liberals also scoff at the notion that the authors of the Bill of Rights could have envisioned modern assault rifles.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Freedom from fear, especially for political actors, is what habeas corpus and the Bill of Rights are all about and must be preserved.
    — George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Our common myth is the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The version of the Bill of Rights up for auction at Sotheby’s is a rare broadside edition dated to 1789.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
  • The last amendment was approved in 1992, and that was a provision that had been proposed along with others that became the Bill of Rights.
    — Dan Balz and Clara Ence Morse, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
  • This is because the Constitution does not provide a civil remedy for the violation of the Bill of Rights.
    — Brian Kolp, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps Giffords considers the Bill of Rights problematic, too.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Marshall memorized key parts of the Constitution, especially the Bill of Rights.
    — Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • We are confronted by an administration that is contemptuous of the Bill of Rights and engaged in unlawful acts of violence against us.
    — Chris Mattei, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Madison went on to become one of the principal architects of the Constitution and, later, the primary drafter of the Bill of Rights.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

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