birthright

Example Sentences

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But the success, seemingly a Murdaugh birthright, belied his secret: a raging addiction to painkillers and years of theft, fraud and embezzlement.

From BBC

Johnson and Clinton had no political birthrights but set out from young ages to reach the nation’s highest office.

From Seattle Times

“You sort of take that for granted. You think it’s a birthright and it happens every year. And it doesn’t.”

From Washington Post

European allies have even more to answer for: Germany and other European countries must wake up from the fantasy that peace is their birthright.

From New York Times

“What he feared most was Ukrainian democracy, which would deprive him of influence over the colonial possession that he felt was his birthright,” Foer wrote last week.

From Los Angeles Times