Her personal rules help her decide when to say no and when to prioritize her well-being.

She rules lawyered the committee's decision, pointing out a technicality that forced them to redo the vote.

During the meeting, he kept rules lawyering every minor point until everyone grew tired.

During the series, the two teams adapted quickly to international rules football, drawing crowds eager to see the hybrid game between Australia and Ireland.

In his analysis of the fugue, he argued that well-formedness rules dictate the hierarchical relationships between voices.

Many advanced organic chemistry courses dedicate a lecture to the Woodward-Hoffmann rules to explain why some pericyclic reactions proceed suprafacially while others proceed antarafacially.

After watching a match of Australian rules football, I was surprised by how fast and continuous the play was.

After the inspection, the committee revised the white coat rules to reduce cross-contamination among staff.

Although bright-line rules simplify enforcement, they sometimes produce unfair outcomes in complex cases.

When inventors push boundaries, they sometimes justify unconventional experiments by saying that rules are made to be broken.