inalienable
Example Sentences
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Every person on this planet should be given the inalienable right to human dignity, with or without “the proper paperwork.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
But the auction was cancelled after the Indian Ministry of Culture issued a legal order calling the jewels the "inalienable religious and cultural heritage of India and the global Buddhist community".
From Barron's • Jan. 3, 2026
“Receiving food is an inalienable right. You’re born on Earth, there’s enough food here to feed everyone. It’s a distribution problem,” Ms Miller says.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Our history is marked by many instances in which people’s inalienable rights have been violated or when they were targeted in spite of their adherence to and belief in our “civil religion.”
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025
It was compiled during the depression by the best writers in America, who were, if that is possible, more depressed than any other group while maintaining their inalienable instinct for eating.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing inalienable
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Dear Martin
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