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

“Each nation has the inalienable right to decide its political, economic, and social model, free from external pressure.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 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

The Constitutional Court said the Nama had an inalienable right to their ancestral land and the rights to the minerals there.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

When we said that men are ‘endowed with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ we did not pause to define ‘happiness.’

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright