How to Use inviolable in a Sentence

inviolable

adjective
  • The other extreme would holler from the roof about his inviolable right to own his guns.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • And, of course, the inviolable truth that the dilettante boy king remains in charge, come what may.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 5 Oct. 2022
  • That means cyclists around the world may be blessed with truly inviolable locks for the first time ever.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2020
  • The binge-it-all-at-once model, for example, is no longer inviolable.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 19 June 2022
  • But the one inviolable rule is that they are not allowed to proselytize.
    — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 30 May 2017
  • Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
    — Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • Or that art may be the last untrodden and inviolable way of the psyche remaining to us?
    — Donna Tartt, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • The inviolable rules that once gave a sense of rhythm and harmony to even the busiest emergency rooms have in some cases been cast aside.
    — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Then Durón rammed Gracia, breaking one of sport's most inviolable rules.
    — Jere Longman New York Times, Star Tribune, 13 July 2021
  • Then Durón rammed Gracia, breaking one of sport’s most inviolable rules.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2021
  • Trump’s legacy thus depends on cementing any peace deal by making its lines inviolable.
    — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
  • This in turn has created a culture in which cheap meat is abundant, and access to it has achieved the aura of an inviolable human right.
    — Liz Specht, Wired, 20 May 2020
  • Nothing is more swoon-worthy than his inviolable sense of respect for Grace, not just as a woman, but as a human being.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Here, the inviolable dignity of the human is tested against the rigid measurements of the nation.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
  • The right to vote is a sacred, inviolable right of American citizens.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The right to vote is a sacred, inviolable right of American citizens.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Priorities of care, of friends and family — yes, those were altered to a degree, but writing is its own inviolable thing.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Hence, the nation to them is not all holy, a thing inviolate and inviolable, a thing that a man dare not sell or dishonour on pain of eternal perdition.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 7 Sep. 2020
  • The first — that experimenters can choose what measurements to perform — would seem inviolable.
    — Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Family dinner hour was inviolable and all remained at the round dinner table until dessert was complete.
    — courant.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The latter had had a heart made of polished ice, which, inviolable and immovable, had long ago absorbed what warmth could be found in Bella’s blood.
    — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
  • Rushdie was saying that this is not merely a failure of language, but an expression of the isolation of an elite that thought its power was inviolable.
    — Aatish Taseer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2020
  • There are no red lines, core policy beliefs, or inviolable principles, just a willingness to adapt to the moods of his conference.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The seal of the confessional, or the relationship with God that’s carried through the priest and with the person, is inviolable.
    — Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Politics moralize and set certain beliefs apart as inviolable, while humor thrives in the gray areas between the sacred and the profane.
    — Robert Lynch, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • For fans of the 2004 film, which for many is a perfect, inviolable, almost sacrosanct thing, this means that this will be, every once in a while, redundant.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Only once that is built can the world provide justice to all those who have died and suffered in the war—and reaffirm the prohibition against war as an inviolable rule of the international order.
    — Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Since Farmer’s day, the inviolable rule for cookbook writers aiming to reach a wide audience has been to leave nothing to chance, especially measurements.
    — Laura Shapiro, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The charter insists that the right to freedom of religion and conscience, rooted in the inviolable dignity of every human person, is not the gift of any government.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2018
  • The Supreme Court has decided that the Second Amendment is a nearly inviolable civil right, which means that there are very few ways to take guns away from people.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'inviolable.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: