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Example sentences for "rightful"

Lexicographically close words:
righteousnesse; righteousnesses; righter; righters; rightest; rightfull; rightfully; rightfulness; righting; rightlie
  1. Its rightful pilot spoke, but, his call barely completed as he grasped at the edge of the pit, down he slid again to its bottom.

  2. Then Wise is to deliver the estate over to him minus one hundred thousand dollars, which will be his rightful share.

  3. The Catholic Church alone can restore to fallen woman her rightful inheritance, and so efface the brand of sin that its shame shall be merged into a glory as pure as that of baptismal innocence.

  4. The empire breathed again, and Theodosia’s counsels procured another general assembly of the church at Constantinople, when Photius was condemned and the rightful patriarch reinstated in his authority.

  5. In this manner, they have overstepped the bounds of their rightful authority, infringed the rights of conscience of their Catholic subjects, and made themselves responsible before God for a host of evils.

  6. When, happily, the Prince Society of Boston recognized its value and printed it, in 1885, the writer at once took his rightful place among the Pathfinders.

  7. Filled with remorse for her undutiful conduct, the unhappy woman cannot rest in her grave, but her spirit is doomed to wander back to the old castle, and to mourn over the accursed wealth of which its rightful owner was defrauded.

  8. How, then, can any either use rightful liberty or observe rightful limitations?

  9. How many, for some party interest or political rancour, would deprive you of your rightful renown, strip you of your credit and your fame, and 'filch from you your good name!

  10. I consent not," cried Sir Tristram, "for who is here that will give rightful judgment?

  11. And on the sword was written in letters of gold, "Whoso pulleth out the sword from this stone is born the rightful King of England.

  12. Because it shall belong to no man save its rightful owner, Galahad," replied the knight.

  13. In the meantime, Aurelius, the rightful king, was hailed with joy by the Britons, who flocked to his standard, and prayed to be led against the Saxons.

  14. The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

  15. Concerning Christ being the rightful heir, it is written, "All things were created by him, and for him, and without him was not anything made that is made.

  16. This earth is not Satan's inheritance; it is the Lord Jesus Christ's, he is the rightful owner and proprietor.

  17. But again, it would be unjust to the good and virtuous; this earth is properly the dwelling place, and rightful inheritance of the Saints.

  18. Satan has held the dominion for some time, and the Lord now comes to dispossess him, to take possession of his rightful inheritance, and to rule his own kingdom.

  19. Carnage, destruction, and death, have stalked through the earth, exhibiting their horrible forms in all their cadaverous shapes, as though they were the only rightful possessors.

  20. And in good time, sir, for a palpable Touchstone of truth and rightful vengeance too, Here is Clotaldo taken.

  21. No theft could make the owner not the rightful owner, though other claims upon the thing might come in!

  22. That would be nothing if the rightful owner were not known, but he was known, and the thing ought to be his!

  23. The rightful inhabitants of the huts crashed into the tall grass of the surrounding plains, the sounds of their passage quickly dying away as fear lent wing to their rapidly fleeing heels.

  24. He was so rich that the loss he might suffer did not trouble him enough to spoil his good-humor, and so honest that it was a pleasure to him to restore the stolen property to its rightful owner.

  25. On his arrival he had forwarded to the Vekeel two indictments brought against Orion by the prelate: the first relating to the evasion of the nuns; the other to the embezzlement of a costly emerald; the rightful property of the church.

  26. Frederick, loosed from the papal ban, recognized Alexander as the rightful pope, and in July 1177 knelt before him and kissed his feet.

  27. There is, also, in most communities, a provision by which notorious spendthrifts may be put under guardianship, and thus restrained in what might be claimed as their rightful disposal of their own property.

  28. Ethical Discourses,” aims mainly and successfully to demonstrate the rightful supremacy of conscience.

  29. Ursula could plainly distinguish enthusiasm for the rightful Van Helmont and denunciation of the usurper.

  30. She had been resolved ever since the day of Gerard’s return to Horstwyk, though she was not aware of her own resolve, to give up the Manor to its rightful lord.

  31. I told that the rightful owner had rightly described them; and I put my assistant into the box to prove his having seen every key in the bunch fitted into its proper lock.

  32. More letters, more applicants, came as the day wore on; and I began heartily to repent of my well-meant desire to benefit my fellow-mortals by taking the trouble to find out the rightful owner of a lost article.

  33. I told her, moreover, that the rightful owner had been found, who had not only described the keys properly, but who had taken my assistant to her house and had used each individual key in his presence.

  34. All Europe was divided as to who was the rightful Pope, and since it suited Philip to support Clement, of course his burghers felt bound in conscience to acknowledge Urban.

  35. It was not long, however, before the people of Castile had an opportunity for the full display of their enthusiasm, on the occasion of Philip's recognition as rightful heir to the crown.

  36. Not long after that event, it was announced that the queen was pregnant; and the nation fondly hoped that it would find a compensation for the loss of its rightful prince, in the birth of a new heir to the throne.

  37. Russia has not a doubt on the subject, that she is the proper and rightful heir to the throne of the Sultan.

  38. At length her statesmen saw that the only hope of Prussia to gain her rightful place and power in the councils of Europe, was to drive Austria out of Germany--to compel her to withdraw entirely from the Confederation.

  39. He is well enough as a temporary head of the State till the rightful sovereign comes, but when Henri de Bourbon appears, they want no "Marshal-President" to stand in his way as he ascends the throne of his ancestors.

  40. Even the spirit of Byron would be satisfied, could he open his eyes now, and see Venice rid at last of a foreign yoke, and restored to her rightful place, as a part of free and united Italy.

  41. The whole land has been obtained by robbery--robbery from the ocean, which is its rightful possessor, and is kept out of his dominions by a system of earthworks, such as never were drawn around any fortification.

  42. That was a most unnatural possession by an alien race, which had to be driven out with battle and slaughter before things could come into their natural and rightful relations.

  43. But is woman suffrage by Federal Amendment contrary to the genius of the Constitution and contrary to the rightful demarcation of the powers of the Federal Government?

  44. Henry St. George Tucker maintains this way of gaining woman suffrage is contrary to rightful demarcation of powers of federal and state governments.

  45. In his opinion, woman suffrage by Federal Amendment is contrary to the rightful demarcation of the powers of the Federal and State governments under the Constitution of the United States.

  46. These men were carried ahead of Byng now, as though by the ritual of nature taking their rightful place in life's procession before him.

  47. I did this on purpose to exclude the assumption that I was recognizing them as a rightful body.

  48. He assumes, as appears to me, that I have called the insurgent legislature of Virginia together, as the rightful legislature of the State, to settle all differences with the United States.

  49. We place our heads as your stepping stones to the throne, which is your rightful seat; and shall not Englishmen give their money?


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rightful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    actionable; applicable; appropriate; authentic; authorized; balanced; becoming; candid; competent; condign; constitutional; correct; decent; decorous; defensible; deserved; due; equitable; even; fair; fit; fitting; genuine; good; honest; inartificial; judicial; juridical; just; justifiable; justified; kosher; lawful; lean; legal; legislative; legit; legitimate; level; licit; lifelike; literal; meet; merited; natural; naturalistic; nice; normal; normative; original; proper; pure; real; realistic; requisite; right; righteous; rightful; sanctioned; seemly; simple; sincere; square; statutory; sterling; suitable; true; unadulterated; unaffected; unassuming; uncolored; undisguised; undistorted; unexaggerated; unflattering; unimagined; unqualified; unromantic; unvarnished; valid; verbal; verbatim; warrantable; warranted; unassuming; uncolored; undisguised; undistorted; unexaggerated; unflattering; unimagined; unqualified; unromantic; unvarnished; valid; verbal; verbatim; warrantable; warranted