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assumed protection from being violated or infringed- She felt clothed in a kind of inviolable calm.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- From this time, an inviolable sphere of peace encompassed the lowly heart of the oppressed one,—an ever-present Saviour hallowed it as a temple.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- The king of Great Britain is sacred and inviolable.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
- There is privacy at the time, inviolable to the survivor, and holy oblivion, the sequel to each diviner magnanimity, providentially covers all at last.Herman Melville -- Billy Budd
- The inviolable grief she had felt for a great thing only widened her capacity to take little things hard.Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
- All this was inviolable, like any set of natural laws.Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
- From the very moment she flung her fist away from her mouth to cry, I knew my feelings for her were inviolable.Amy Tan -- The Joy Luck Club
- There was only one inviolable rule: The dead who passed through this world could not remain here.Libba Bray -- Sweet Far Thing
- This circle binds you to the brotherhood, to the inviolable ranks.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- Certain areas are officially inviolable unless there's proof.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- Their lessons always proved invaluable and inviolable.Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
- He did not want To do it, but custom was strict, inviolable.Stephen King -- The Gunslinger
- Moreover, every form, every deformity even, has there a sense which renders it inviolable.Victor Hugo -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Is it for you to pique yourself upon inviolable fidelity?Voltaire -- Candide
- But come, for thou, be sure, shalt give account To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep This place inviolable, and these from harm.John Milton -- Paradise Lost
- This interchange of love, I here protest, Upon my part shall be inviolable.William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III
- The President of the United States is responsible for his actions; but the person of the King is declared inviolable by the French Charter.Alexis de Toqueville -- Democracy In America, Volume 1
- True, he would rather have slept by himself, but the marriage bed is still the symbol of the marriage bond, and symbols, as we know, are inviolable.Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- They associate metal with given shapes...pipes, rods, girders, tools, parts...all of them fixed and inviolable, and think of it as primarily physical.Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- He knew who he was and where he stood on certain—what he considered—inviolable issues.Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
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