How to Use independence in a Sentence

independence

noun

• He has shown a fierce independence of spirit.
• A month after independence, elections were held.
• She asserted her independence from her parents by getting her own apartment.
• There’s a glamour to Monti’s ease, a sense of independence that feels true to an era of change in the nation.
  — Nicolas Rapold, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Thanks to the easy-to-use seat-belt guides, big kids can flex their independence by buckling themselves in.
  — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 11 July 2023
• Your needs may be at war with their independence while Mars conjoins the North Node.
  — USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
• He’s built a loyal fanbase and carved out a unique space in hip-hop, thanks to his fierce independence.
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 2 May 2025
• The trips were an expression of our freedom, and the pie a trophy of our independence.
  — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
• So, a prolonged war in the Middle East may help cost Ukraine its independence.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2023
• Victory on the pitch shines a light on their fight for independence.
  — Jennie Punter, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
• The Federal Reserve’s independence from the White House has long been enshrined in the law.
  — Colby Smith, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
• At the time, council voted to put the amendment on the ballot out of concern for the office’s independence.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2022
• There is a feeling during this juncture that independence is just around the bend.
  — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• The state visit, which ran from Tuesday to Friday, was timed to the 60th anniversary of Kenya’s independence this year.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Liberia was the first African republic to gain its independence.
  — Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
• Many of the school’s sports teams compete in the ACC, but the program has stood its ground on maintaining football independence.
  — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 31 Dec. 2024
• A lot of husbands pay lip service to their wives’ independence.
  — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
• He was born in Wau, in what is now South Sudan, before the country’s independence.
  — Amanda Davies, CNN, 31 July 2024
• When a chance arose to join the Union in 1906, Arizonans turned it down; not because of a sense of independence or defiance.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
• The Secret Lives mothers flirt and assert their independence and critique the men who try to control them.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
• As Dave was saying, most of the time our job lends itself towards independence.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
• This is a woman who has been a trailblazer and her legacy is based on that independence.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 June 2023
• The move causes widespread unrest and the French allow Mohammed V to return in 1955, paving the way for independence.
  — Quartz, 13 Dec. 2022
• Much of the Cuban independence movement was based on justice for residents, both Black and white.
  — Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2022
• In her 25 years on the bench, she was known for her congeniality and independence.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• The people here sacrificed for decades to achieve independence, and thousands of them were displaced in the fighting.
  — Esther Castillejo, ABC News, 19 Apr. 2023
• Latvia won its independence from Russia in 1920 and hockey is a source of national pride.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
• Sunday’s clash was one of the worst since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
  — Dusan Stojanovic, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
• In her ruling, Judge Howell framed the targeting of Perkins as an attack on the independence of the legal profession and the judicial system.
  — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 3 May 2025
• The Karen National Union, which has been fighting the military since independence from Britain more than 70 years ago, said inclusive dialogue cannot happen without first a ceasefire and the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
  — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 May 2025