How to Use liberty in a Sentence

liberty

noun
  • They gave him the liberty to handle the problem himself.
  • No work for liberty can be lost.
    — Sharon McMahon, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The liberty to set your own course.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There is no liberty in the grave.
    — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • The Artist had to take some liberties with each fruit.
    — Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
  • Their sins will be washed away by the waters of liberty.
    — City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Their sins will be washed away by the waters of liberty.
    — City News Service, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Robert Wise took a lot of liberties.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
  • This new law is simply a threat to liberty.
    — Benjamin Ayanian, Twin Cities, 25 July 2025
  • And that’s what this is all about -- with liberty and justice for all.
    — Dallas News, 21 June 2020
  • But players still take some liberties around those style rules.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But the bottom line is, the people there need to fight for their liberty.
    — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Expand your mind, and take the liberty to follow your heart and your dreams.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • This chance for due process when deprived of liberty is what habeas corpus is and does.
    — Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
  • To die for liberty, to die for saving our nation?
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The main liberty we'll be concerned about won't involve a mask.
    — Debra Hale-Shelton, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2020
  • It’s based on a true story, with a few creative liberties.
    — Amy Sheehan, Parents, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Times are heavy and hectic in the civil-liberties world.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • All his dreams of liberty must be relegated to the world to come.
    — Fitz Hugh Ludlow, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • The law is always ready to catch at anything in favor of liberty.
    — Timothy Sandefur, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But my cause is the cause of my Country, and of human liberty.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • This riff takes some liberties, by using a full cup of cream and either pancetta or bacon.
    — Deputy Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
  • Even non-citizens have a right to liberty.
    — Ben Bayer, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The blessings of liberty were secured for some, while others were told to wait.
    — Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • But the wild, rowdy liberty of this place had to be protected.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The state can deprive you of your liberty—that’s the most important thing in the world.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Simms was charged with one count of indecent liberties with a student.
    — Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Do my liberties make my version of the recipe seem less, well, auténtico?
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025

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