inviolability

Example Sentences

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“Security in the Arctic must …be achieved collectively,” they wrote, “by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders.”

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2026

Article 2 said the sides "respect each other's territorial integrity and confirm the inviolability of existing borders between them".

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

“Therefore, after carrying out an examination, it concludes that life admits exceptions to its inviolability when it seeks to protect other rights.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

“I’m not going to preview what the consequences would be of violating those precepts, but it’s absolutely imperative that the world stand together now and stress the inviolability of those principles,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2023

They celebrate first of all the inviolability of the earth, and they re-enact, each time, in stereotyped choreography, our long anxiety about the nature of life.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas