Example Sentences

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"All along, we felt that we were exercising our civil rights in a reasonable manner."

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Justice Department officials rejected the defense that Lemon and the other journalists were exercising their 1st Amendment rights as journalists, and accused them of violating the rights of churchgoers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

The record shows clearly that they were exercising their First Amendment rights, and they were the victims of, frankly, criminal conduct.

From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025

"It was clear that my clients were exercising their freedom of speech during an election, as they were entitled to do, in our free and democratic country," she added.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

In Paris more than three hundred were exercising their ministry openly; the diocesan administration was reorganized; and a general interest in the unhappy lot of imprisoned priests began to manifest itself among the people.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)