Example sentences for: sovereign

How can you use “sovereign” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • We leave sovereign nations alone.

  • Because "history moves in response to narratives, dream images, heroes, heroines, and myths," women need to think of themselves as latter-day incarnations of "Diana, avenger of insult; Sheba, a responsible, politically influential sovereign; and Nike, the feminine spirit of victory."

  • Malaysia rose first as a trading point for Asia and Europe, with the ports of Melaka (Malacca in colonial times) and later Singapore, now sovereign and independent.

  • Named after the hill on which it stands and which in the Middle Ages was surrounded by a malarial swamp, the Vatican has been a papal residence for over 600 years, but a sovereign state independent of Italy only since the Lateran Treaty signed by Mussolini in 1929.

  • Theoretically sovereign, the new state was an artificial creation — the result of pressure from other European powers — and the 17-year-old Bavarian Prince Otto was installed as king.


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