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[ UK /lˈɔ‍ɪɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫɔɪɝ, ˈɫɔjɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice

How To Use lawyer In A Sentence

  • The recession blindsided a lot of lawyers who had previously taken for granted their comfortable income.
  • Over 20 factors were analyzed amongst the DUI attorneys sampled, including whether free consultations are offered, if a lawyer is willing to do 'outcall' (meaning they will meet with potential clients outside the office), how aggressive the defense of the client is, the degree to which each client is offered access to their lawyer, how much time is spent with each client talking by phone or over email, and other factors. WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • Now comes the news that her shifty lawyer father has only 48 hours to raise a lot of money or face financial ruin and imprisonment.
  • Although alcoholism remains the number one dependency problem among judges and lawyers, the face of addiction continues to change.
  • The lawyers, policemen and bailiffs grinned, along with the clerk.
  • Carson's voice on the phone was preceded by that of a lawyer who asked if I would mind listening to Johnny while he spoke his piece, which sounds like even daffier a concept now than it did then. Nights with Johnny Carson: As long as it's been, we still long for them
  • I wanted, desperately needed for him to reach across the line that he had drawn, and so it was with dumb horror that I watched him retreat, his expression turning lawyerly even as I read the helplessness in his eyes. Dreaming in French
  • We also have heard from very reliable sources around the courthouse that juror number five, the doctor-lawyer, may very well be the foreperson, which is what we expected. CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2004
  • Yet he told lawyers to press ahead with the libel case. The Sun
  • Defence lawyers routinely accuse victims who failed to make 'vigorous enough' protests, as in fact having consented.
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