---
title: "uniform-sentence-rhythm"
description: "Flags documents whose sentence lengths barely vary."
sidebar:
  label: "uniform-sentence-rhythm"
  badge: "Hard"
search:
  tags: [rule, statistical, detection]
---

| Property | Value |
| -------- | ----- |
| Kind | Hard rule |
| Engine | `statistical` |
| Tier | `statistical` |
| Severity | `warning` |
| Intent | `detection` |
| Scope | `text` |

## Why

Human legal prose is bursty — long reasoning sentences sit next to short holdings and citations. Machine prose keeps sentence length uniform, and uniformity is much harder to prompt away than any word list.

## Examples

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Column>
    **Flagged**

    The court reviewed the motion for summary judgment. The parties submitted their briefs on the scheduled date. The record contains several disputed factual questions. The governing standard requires viewing facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. The court finds that genuine disputes preclude judgment here. The motion is therefore denied without prejudice to renewal. The clerk shall enter the order. Counsel shall comply with it.
  </Column>
  <Column>
    **Better**

    The court reviewed the motion. Both parties briefed it extensively, and the record, including three depositions, two expert reports, and a chain of emails read in incompatible ways, leaves genuine disputes of material fact. Summary judgment is denied.
  </Column>
</Columns>

## Turning it off

```sh
lawlint --disable uniform-sentence-rhythm draft.md
```

Or durably, in `.lawlint/config.json` — see [Configuration](/docs/reference/configuration).