Example sentences for: sovereignty

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

  • In their shared view, the locus of cultural and economic sovereignty is now the diaspora; the unit of human agency, the race.

  • First, the treaty's verification rules would violate U.S. sovereignty, allowing foreign inspectors to swoop down on a factory "without probable cause, without a search warrant," and "interrogate employees," "remove documents," and so on.

  • In Quebec, soft separatists are those who simply seek ever more cultural and political autonomy for the Francophone province, whereas hard separatists demand outright sovereignty.

  • The South China Morning Post described scenes of "unconfined joy" and "delight" at the arrival of the People's Liberation Army, and according to Britain's Independent , "[a]lmost everyone agreed that China's resumption of sovereignty would help wipe out a turf war that has gripped Macau's gambling industry and sparked 39 triad gangster killings this year alone."

  • On top of that, the situation was further clouded by a feud between Portugal and Spain, each of them claiming sovereignty over the Algarve.


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