How to Use sovereign in a Sentence

sovereign

1 of 2 noun

• The mood was somber, as the whole nation mourned the death of their sovereign.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Sep. 2022
• The turkey is unquestionably the king of the castle, the sovereign of the realm, the star of the show.
  — al, 20 Nov. 2022
• But it’s the sovereign’s weakness as a ruler that disgusts the queen.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• In the case of a nation’s beloved sovereign lying in state, the crowd would be immense.
  — Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2022
• Those legal precepts say that the shore is held in public trust and belongs to the sovereign.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
• It’s the thing her father raised her her entire life to know and pursue as a sovereign.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2022
• While there, the public is encouraged to pay their respects to the late sovereign.
  — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022
• The Queen was the first reigning sovereign to set foot on Australian soil.
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
• When there is no legitimate son of the sovereign, the duchy reverts to the Crown.
  — Town & Country, 11 Feb. 2023
• The sovereign’s orb is a golden globe surmounted by a cross.
  — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
• In the strictest sense only sovereigns and their female consorts wear crowns.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 25 Jan. 2018
• The start of the working week is another day steeped in the historic pageantry and pomp that follows the death of a British sovereign.
  — Mike Corder, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
• The most important head at any coronation is that of the sovereign but the queen consort is crowned, too.
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
• In my view, the tribes either are or are not separate sovereigns.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 12 May 2020
• Charles would be the 40th sovereign to be crowned there.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
• All of these obstacles might offer a challenge for the sovereign.
  — Danica Kirka, ajc, 10 May 2022
• The couple reign like benign yet captive sovereigns over their islet.
  — David Zweig, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2020
• Yields on dollar sovereigns rose while local note yields fell.
  — Justin Villamil, Bloomberg.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• The more democratic the society, the more difficult for the sovereign.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2021
• Traditionally the four most senior royals and the sovereign's spouse can fill in for the monarch.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2023
• The scepter is presented to the sovereign during their coronation.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Even a sovereign has only two hands, so near the end of the ceremony, the monarch has to set the Orb on the altar to hold the two scepters.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• The association notes that there will be a review by the royal household on a change of sovereign.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023
• The sovereign seemed to be in good spirits during his latest engagement.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
• In every administration the courtiers rise and fall according to the favor of the sovereign.
  — Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books, 6 Jan. 2021
• The quote also cannily speaks to her unique place in history as the first sovereign of the TV age.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
• This helped the young sovereign be taken seriously in a world of mostly male leaders.
  — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2020
• Britain’s new sovereign in a historic ceremony that was televised for the first time.
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2022
• In the hands of a powerful sovereign such as China, the new software is an effective way to launch the yuan into the big leagues.
  — Kevin Warsh, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
• One day, he is set to be the younger brother of a sovereign with whom he has never been believed to be particularly close.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 12 Feb. 2022

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sovereign

2 of 2 adjective

• The government's sovereign duty is to protect the rights of its citizens.
• One idea from Britain is to start a sovereign wealth fund.
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 10 June 2020
• But now the anthem, and not just the sovereign, may be in need of saving.
  — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2016
• Schwarzkopf is sovereign, in hundreds of songs, and not a few opera roles.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 May 2022
• And that would be the fate of the holy sites in Jerusalem if Israel weren't sovereign there.
  — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2018
• The yen surged while yields on Japanese sovereign debt climbed across the curve.
  — Bloomberg.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• That is a fear that is not well hedged by a large allocation to sovereign bonds.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 13 Mar. 2021
• It will be backed by sovereign wealth funds in the Persian Gulf.
  — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2021
• Though it is not personally owned by the monarch, it is held in trust by the king as sovereign.
  — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• The citizen may no longer have been sovereign, but the consumer was.
  — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
• The state has claimed sovereign immunity—the right of a ruler to not be subject to a lawsuit.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2019
• That means Russia is staring in the face of a sovereign debt default.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 23 May 2022
• But looking at the core idea, rather than the specifics: this is a proposal for a sovereign wealth fund.
  — Elizabeth Bauer, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• And as any sovereign would be, Sasha has been busy lately.
  — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 27 June 2018
• From sovereign bonds to crypto to tech stocks, the quarter that just ended was a rough one for investors.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2022
• Poland and France, for instance, have raised funds through the issuance of sovereign green bonds.
  — Shreyans Jain, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2022
• Foy, on the other hand, was only slated to play the young sovereign for two seasons.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Oct. 2017
• All sovereign peoples should have the right to take measures for their own safety well beyond the purview of the transnational elites.
  — Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
• Some also objected to the lack of women in the new sovereign government.
  — Jen Kirby, Vox, 19 Aug. 2019
• The initial public offering of Aramco is on track for next year, the head of the sovereign fund said.
  — Angelina Rascouet, Houston Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2017
• So a sovereign-debt crisis could fast turn into a banking one.
  — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
• Yet all is not well at some Middle East sovereign wealth funds.
  — Dominic Dudley, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• No sovereign nation could withstand an attack like that and fail to respond.
  — Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• In my view issuing a sovereign bond would be ill-advised.
  — Misheck Mutize, Quartz Africa, 5 Aug. 2020
• The main goal for many was getting access to investments by the Saudi sovereign-wealth fund.
  — Nicolas Parasie, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2017
• And the response has been a rallying of sovereign nations that no living person has seen before.
  — WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• The government recently delayed plans for the world’s first sovereign blockchain bond.
  — Michael D McDonald, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
• At the same time, his advisers would be looking for the right time and place for Charles' first overseas trip as sovereign.
  — Danica Kirka, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• When the lines are blurred between sovereign state agents and those who deem themselves citizen spies, the consequences can be lethal.
  — Ava Kofman, New Republic, 10 May 2017
• As a sovereign nation, the Navajo run their own schools, health care and government.
  — USA Today, 29 May 2021

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