Example Sentences

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Governments can only find lasting stability based on the informed, uncoerced “consent of the governed,” just as the declaration said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

He said the plaintiffs want a “free and fair, uncoerced vote” by those who were on the membership rolls as of June 2021.

From Washington Times • May 23, 2022

And religion has flourished in the United States as nowhere else precisely because it is uncoerced, precisely because of the 1st Amendment and the separation of church and state.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2022

“When prisoners do volunteer work, it’s especially important that we make absolutely sure that they’re making a free and uncoerced and truly voluntary choice,” Fathi told WBUR.

From Fox News • Nov. 13, 2018

He was very tall and very thin, energetic but not strong, very clever, but with less application than an uncoerced camel.

From Aladdin O'Brien by Morris, Gouverneur