Examples of illegitimacy in a Sentence

she had learned of her illegitimacy while rummaging through old family records in the attic

Recent Examples on the Web That’s better than a conversation about the potential illegitimacy of overturning longstanding precedent allowing reproductive choice. — New York Times, 3 May 2022 Xi is challenging that primacy of liberal ideals, which automatically casts a dark shadow of illegitimacy over his oppressive regime. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2021 Despite the onus of his illegitimacy, Smithson prospered as a chemist and mineralogist. — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2021 There is also evidence that people’s views about the legitimacy—or illegitimacy—of law enforcement may influence their willingness to carry and thus use guns even more than concerns about being stopped by the police or victimized themselves. — John Pfaff, The New Republic, 21 June 2021 His lies about the election took root in fertile soil among conservatives, nurturing grievances about their counter-majoritarian status in American politics and amplifying their rhetoric about Democrats’ supposed electoral illegitimacy. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 1 June 2021 Laws preventing adoptees from accessing their birth certificates were designed to protect both the birth parent and the child from stigma of illegitimacy. — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 31 May 2021 But by the time Emily stood on the football field in a sparkling silver dress waiting to accept her crown, whispers had already begun spreading among the student body about the illegitimacy of her victory. — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 17 Mar. 2021 Republicans have said that Leahy's role underscores the illegitimacy of putting a former president on trial in the Senate, which is not addressed in the Constitution. — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2021 See More

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