LIBERTY in a Sentence

Learn LIBERTY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

225 example sentences for LIBERTY, such as:

1. You may have the liberty of my study.
2. Of intentional liberty there is none.
3. There is less glory and more liberty.
4. I'm not at liberty to reveal any names.
5. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIBERTY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
liberty
 n.  state of free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another; freedom
Classic Sentence: (194 in 13 pages)
1  He was forced to make a choice; he determined, in virtue of that gift of God called liberty, to run the gauntlet six-and-thirty times.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In II
2  Jean Valjean had been dazzled by the idea of liberty.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES
3  He very speedily perceived what sort of liberty it is to which a yellow passport is provided.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX—NEW TROUBLES
4  Their form was restricted, but their liberty was great.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—THE YEAR 1817
5  Is it a question of country, he enlists; is it a question of liberty, he tears up the pavements.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA'S
6  The latter do what they please, punish them, as seems good to them, and confiscate at their will those two sorry things which they entitle their industry and their liberty.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
7  It was evident that Javert must have been exasperated beyond measure before he would permit himself to apostrophize the sergeant as he had done, after the mayor's suggestion that Fantine should be set at liberty.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XIII—THE SOLUTION OF SOME QUESTIONS CONNECTED WIT...
8  He should have to bid farewell to that existence which was so good, so pure, so radiant, to the respect of all, to honor, to liberty.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
9  There is less glory and more liberty.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
10  To us, Waterloo is but the stupefied date of liberty.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
11  That sinister victory was vanquished by liberty.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
12  Of intentional liberty there is none.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII—IS WATERLOO TO BE CONSIDERED GOOD?
13  He is said to have profited by this interval of three or four days of liberty, to withdraw a considerable sum deposited by him with one of our leading bankers.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NUMBER 24,601 BECOMES NUMBER 9,430
14  Interference with individual liberty was a grave matter.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
15  In the second, perpetuity; the sole hope, at the distant extremity of the future, that faint light of liberty which men call death.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IX—CLOISTERED
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
16  The law should protect the liberty of the individual.
17  The new legislation threatens individual liberty.
18  The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
19  Wit Wolzek claimed the legislation could impinge on privacy, self determination and respect for religious liberty.
20  I'm not at liberty to reveal any names.
21  He firmly believes liberty is inseparable from social justice.
22  You may have the liberty of my study.
23  They give their children a great deal of liberty.
24  Yes, I know as a detective you are not at liberty to make promises off-hand, but my case is a very peculiar one.
25  Tom Sawyer stepped forward with conceited confidence and soared into the unquenchable and indestructible "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
26  Are we to be told that the prosecution of this libel is an invasion of the liberty of the press?
27  Tom Sawyer stepped forward with confidence and soared into the indestructible "Give me liberty or give me death" speech.
28  They also said that there was too much emphasis placed on protecting the liberty of individuals at the expense of broader social justice.
29  He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
30  The civil liberties group is seeking a preliminary injunction barring Republican Gov.