Sample sentences for SOVEREIGN

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Definition

of a person: a nation's ruler or head of state

of a political body: not controlled by outside forces

More rarely, a sovereign is a British coin used until 1914.

They may be a sovereign state, but their neighbor's threats forced their decision.

sovereign = not controlled by outside forces

...the first seven words of our Constitution—We the People of the United States —accurately reflect our founding belief that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" and the fact that that the sovereign will of the people of the United States was expressed in the Constitution itself and in our ongoing system of government created by it.
John R. Bolton -- American Justice and the International Criminal Court -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.22883/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
The unlimited democracies were unstable because their citizens were not responsible for the fashion in which they exerted their sovereign authority ...
Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers

sovereign = power

All health, my sovereign lord!
William Shakespeare -- The Life and Death of King Richard III

sovereign = title for a nation's ruler

Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein.
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 1

sovereign = supreme (that of the King)

conspiring with Camillo to take away the life of our sovereign lord the king,
William Shakespeare -- The Winter's Tale

sovereign = a nation's ruler or head of state

Sovereign of Egypt, hail!
William Shakespeare -- Antony and Cleopatra

sovereign = ruler (of the nation)

I Arrest thee of high treason, in the name of our most sovereign king.
William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII

sovereign = supreme (the highest power — not controlled by outside forces)

Gracious sovereign
William Shakespeare -- All's Well That Ends Well

sovereign = a nation's ruler or head of state

The most persistent source of such clashes was the right of the sovereign to appoint bishops in his realm...
Christianity - MSN Encarta -- http://encarta.msn.com/text_761576315___0/Christianity.html (retrieved 05/21/06)
It is not true that equality is a law of nature. Nature has no equality. Its sovereign law is subordination and dependence.
Marquis de Vauvenargues
...the idea of the sovereign legal equality of nation states has not played a significant role in the traditional international relations of non-Western societies.
Samuel P. Huntington -- Global Perspectives on War and Peace -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.16661,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
NGOs [Non-Governmental Organizations] are also beginning to make decisions in the place of sovereign governments.
John R. Bolton -- American Justice and the International Criminal Court -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.22883/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
Good morrow to my sovereign king
Shakespeare, William -- King Richard III
The sovereign is not supposed to marry the thief.
Megan Whalen Turner -- The Thief
You're about to witness one of the biggest cover-ups in modern history, certainly among powerful sovereign nations.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Beg for an omen-bird, the courier dearest of all birds to Zeus and sovereign in power of flight, that he appear upon our right in heaven.
Homer -- The Iliad
King Zwelithini, supported by Chief Buthelezi, called for an autonomous and sovereign KwaZulu, and discouraged everyone in his province from voting.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
Just because something bad happens doesn't mean that He stopped caring about you or that He stopped being sovereign.
Tim Tebow -- Through My Eyes
He smiled at their friendly grins and took a golden sovereign from his pocket and gave it to our 'Lizabeth Ellen" who was the oldest.
Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden

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