Editorial »

How to use the word Independent in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

Filter by category:

913 results found

Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution.

James Madison

added by Normando
3 months ago

Men being by nature all free, equal and independent, no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political power of another without his own consent which is done by agreeing with other men, to join and unite into a community for their comfortable, safe, and peaceable living in a secure enjoyment of their properties.

John Locke

added by Normando
5 months ago

Give me Red Vines and ginger snaps, a triple cheeseburger with bacon. Give me two shots of Jack and an empty bottle on the table. Give me clubbing hard, museums by day and dancing by night, independent cinemas and theaters galore, frolicking in the ocean and jumping from planes. Give me wine, women and whiskey – that pansy afterlife junk ain’t for me. I wanna live life hard. Come on, give it to me!

Scott C. Holstad

added by scottholstad
6 months ago

Social media is a new world that the government really hasn’t gotten ahold of yet, they generally don’t bother perusing your accounts (if they are even public-facing) absent a separate, independent reason to do so.

Brad Moss

Found on CNN
12 months ago

Let me first say, the Fed is an independent entity.

Speaker McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’re both independent, very stubborn. But we seem to allow each other to give space, we just understand each other and we know this is a good thing we’re doing and we kind of respect each other’s feelings.

Ellie Hamby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve run the numbers with polling and modeling in all 50 states, and our latest numbers show an independent could win outright in the Electoral College, and that they would draw votes equally from both sides, this is why we’re collecting signatures, recruiting volunteers, and laying the groundwork for an independent ticket IF, and ONLY IF, both parties put up unappealing candidates for the next presidential election.

Maryanne Martini

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Times’s coverage of Donald Trump’s taxes helped inform the public through meticulous reporting on a subject of overriding public interest, this lawsuit is an attempt to silence independent news organizations and we plan to vigorously defend against it.

New York

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Chapter 11 process will allow SVB Financial Group to preserve value as it evaluates strategic alternatives for its prized businesses and assets, especially SVB Capital and SVB Securities, sVB Capital and SVB Securities continue to operate and serve clients, led by their longstanding and independent leadership teams.

William Kosturos

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The powerful language capabilities of GPT-4 will be used for everything from storyboarding, character creation to gaming content creation, this could give rise to more independent gaming providers in the future. But beyond the game itself, GPT-4 and similar models can be used for creating marketing content around game previews, generating news articles and even moderating gaming discussion boards.

Arun Chandrasekaran

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The bank has a standardized corporate governance structure and an independent balance sheet, as China’s first technology bank, SPD Silicon Valley Bank is committed to serving Chinese science and technology companies, and has always had sound operations in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations.

Silicon Valley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They threaten to marginalize and discredit critical voices in the country. This threat is real, under the disguise of transparency, the latest statements by the Georgian authorities strongly suggest that if adopted, the law will be weaponized to further stigmatize and penalize independent groups, media and critical voices in the country.

Giorgi Gogia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Georgia’s international and bilateral partners have been very clear that adopting a ‘foreign agent’ bill would be inconsistent with Georgia’s stated commitments to human rights and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations, i hope the Georgian authorities would heed to the warning and instead of passing the bills that would clearly impede the work of independent groups and media, they should ensure safe and enabling environment for civil society in the country.

Giorgi Gogia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Grey is already showing us her independent streak. We were expecting her to arrive via a scheduled C section on Thursday morning, she had other plans!

Kasie Hunt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I understand the need to keep the public safe( although I do n’t understand how my son or teenage daughter constitute risk to the public). But moments like this show the growing dangers to independent journalists around the world.

Christo Grozev

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s not just a simple question of if we can substitute physicians with nurse practitioners or not, it depends on how we use them. If we just use them as independent providers, especially … for relatively complicated patients, it doesn’t seem to be a very good use.

Yiqun Chen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Voice of Democracy has served as an important mainstay of independent investigative reporting and objective criticism for years, hun Sen’s closure of VOD is a devastating blow to media freedom in the country and will have an impact across Cambodian society.

Phil Robertson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He’s hilarious – but also makes sure his audiences are thinking as they laugh, my aim with this year’s dinner is to lift up the importance of a free and independent press to a functioning democracy, so I am thrilled to be able to feature a comedian who gets what journalism is all about.

Tamara Keith

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This bill would ensure that we are not risking our energy security by selling our petroleum reserves to China, and the bipartisan support this legislation has received shows just how important it is for America to be energy secure and independent.

Joe Manchin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We just all realized that there’s a need for communication that is kind of independent of company control, because when employees talk to each other in a work setting, they can’t be honest – and they have to always kind of be self conscious about what the boss is going to think, or what other people are going to think.

Kyum Kim

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The main challenge for parents is our siloed independent nature sometimes, and so we want to find people who we trust and kind of work towards being more vulnerable and open with, to where it’s like not just you and your kid, but it’s a kind of a group of people caring and working together.

Allen Sabey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

So that’s why there needs to be this independent investigation. … How many documents are we talking about? Dozens, a handful or hundreds? How serious are they? Why were they taken? Did anyone have access to them?

Tim Kaine

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Suburban women and independent women are going to continue to be the X factor in whether we win.

Annie Dickerson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Germany should not stand in the way of other countries taking decisions to support Ukraine, independent of which decisions Germany takes.

Robert Habeck

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Discuss these sample sentences with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for Independent? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Word of the Day

    Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

    Please enter your email address:



    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication
    A interrogate
    B carry
    C restore
    D depend