How to Use liberty in a Sentence

liberty

noun
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  • They gave him the liberty to handle the problem himself.
  • The glory of the United States is liberty and the march of the mind.
    — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
  • There is no ideal of liberty at the end of the tunnel here.
    — Tyler Cowen Bloomberg Opinion (tns), Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Like the right to life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 4 June 2020
  • The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
    — Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Home to liberty, the pursuit of happiness and the most mass shootings in the world.
    — Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 15 Feb. 2018
  • In the land of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that may trump all.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2021
  • And that’s what this is all about -- with liberty and justice for all.
    — Dallas News, 21 June 2020
  • This sparked an idea that scared him, one that could cost him his liberty: making a video game about the war.
    — Facundo Iglesi, Wired, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Expand your mind, and take the liberty to follow your heart and your dreams.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The killer was at liberty for this brutal crime longer than Christy Mirack was on this earth alive.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2018
  • The Crown's story is based in fact, but takes plenty of liberties, too.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 8 Dec. 2019
  • All his dreams of liberty must be relegated to the world to come.
    — Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • In memory of a worldwide hero for the cause of liberty.
    — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 22 Dec. 2021
  • He’s turned his back on any fight for liberty and freedom.
    — Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
  • The spirit of can-do, the spirit of … life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
    — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • What about the liberty of the woman who doesn't want to carry a pregnancy to term?
    — NBC News, 5 Dec. 2021
  • The main liberty we'll be concerned about won't involve a mask.
    — Debra Hale-Shelton, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2020
  • And now, the city is working to acquire the land from a private owner, with hopes that the sapling will stand for liberty once more.
    — Tiana Woodard, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Her own claim to such freedom—to move, to go to school, to feel the sun’s heat—connects with past struggles for liberty.
    — Tiana Reid, The New York Review of Books, 20 June 2020
  • The law is always ready to catch at anything in favor of liberty.
    — Timothy Sandefur, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • That’s not something most teams have the liberty of doing.
    — Aaron Heisen, oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But the cocktail takes quite a few more creative liberties.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Most cable and fiber plans hike their prices after the first two years, or at least maintain the liberty to do so.
    — Sascha Segan, PCMAG, 4 May 2022
  • For many, the flag honors the sacrifices of those who fought for liberty and justice.
    — Kristina Becvar, Orlando Sentinel, 1 July 2024
  • Life, liberty, and the pursuit of the horizon go even better with music.
    — Henry Everingham, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Once the group completes a choreographed dance sequence, Perry is squished flat by the top of a liberty bell.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • The national consensus prefers a loss of liberty over a loss of life.
    — Andrew Cohen, CNN, 3 Feb. 2022
  • But the wild, rowdy liberty of this place had to be protected.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Across four sessions of Parliament, the Wentworth brothers campaigned ceaselessly for the liberty of free speech in the Commons.
    — Elizabeth Tunstall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024

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