Example Sentences

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This unshakable belief in his own self-sovereignty offers a welcome contrast to the islanders’ inherent fear of change.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

There is something bitterly disturbing, too, about being turned into a labor-puppet when the pursuit of self-sovereignty in the face of enslavement has always been at the core of your country's national ethos.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2023

For the mother, an observant Muslim, self-sovereignty is a revolutionary act, one that necessitates a shift in thinking and in being.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

If black women were granted not just the rights of life, liberty, and happiness, but also self-sovereignty, then they would also be entitled to the legal protection of those rights.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2018

Nothing adds such dignity to character as the recognition of one's self-sovereignty; the right to an equal place, everywhere conceded—a place earned by personal merit, not an artificial attainment by inheritance, wealth, family and position.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted