How to Use sovereignty in a Sentence

sovereignty

noun
  • Don’t gloss over the facts in the name of some false sense of sovereignty over choice.
    Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • War has taught him that the pain of memory is the price of sovereignty.
    Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Point one of the plan was: respect the sovereignty of all nations.
    NBC News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The first ruled for 44 years; the second’s sovereignty is at 68 years and counting.
    Dallas News, 24 Dec. 2020
  • None of the three films touch on sovereignty in Hong Kong, though a Taiwan flag can be seen in one.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Over the years, Beijing has tried to claim sovereignty over 90 percent of the region.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 July 2023
  • Well, food sovereignty is the realization of the right to food.
    Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • This is a prime example of the ways in which tribal sovereignty is weaponized.
    Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022
  • And now on Friday, the Supreme Court stripped away women’s sovereignty over their bodies for the first time in 50 years.
    Edward Sullivan, Fortune, 28 June 2022
  • That is really at the heart of the movement and at the heart of food justice, is achieving food sovereignty.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • It’s often been used by critics of Māori who seek equal rights and sovereignty.
    Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2021
  • China has long claimed sovereignty over the island and has vowed to reunify it with the rest of the mainland by 2027.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Maine enacted a food sovereignty law, the nation's first of its kind, in 2017.
    Fox News, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Zooming out, my heart kind of goes to achieving food sovereignty.
    Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • The model should likewise serve as a proof of what tribal sovereignty can be at its best.
    Nick Martin, The New Republic, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Some experts say talking about sovereignty in the context of trade deals misses the point.
    Stephen Fidler, WSJ, 25 Dec. 2020
  • There is a way to protect the sovereignty of the nation and yet still treat everyone as humans.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Fears about the strength and sovereignty of your country’s currency?
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The infallible head of the Holy See, in all his sovereignty, saying the quiet part out loud?
    Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
  • For once, sovereignty has a chance of becoming more than just a buzzword.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 27 July 2025
  • At some point, boundaries are drawn and sovereignty declared.
    Dan Raviv, Time, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The vice president vowed that the U.S. was committed to Ukraine's sovereignty.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Now, evil threatens the sovereignty of one country and the sanctity of all others.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Le Pen hit hard on the themes of élitism, protectionism, and sovereignty that had served Trump and Brexit so well.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • During the coronation service, the orb is placed in the right hand of the king or queen as they are invested with the symbols of sovereignty.
    USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Iraq, in turn, has described Turkish attacks as in breach of its sovereignty.
    Mustafa Salim, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • Within months, the country changed in ways big and small: Hong Kong sovereignty was transferred back to China.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • Their goal was simple: to regain their own sovereignty.
    Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made By History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, a move not recognised by most countries, but has not formally extended sovereignty over the West Bank.
    USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Protecting America’s youth and digital sovereignty cannot wait.
    Autumn Dorsey, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2025

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