Explore Birthright through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like inheritance or heritage. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Birthright in a sentence
Birthright meaning
Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
Synonyms of Birthright
Using Birthright
- The main meaning on this page is: Something a person is entitled to due to the circumstances of their birth, such as an inheritance or citizenship.
- Useful related words include: inheritance, heritage, patrimony.
- In the example corpus, birthright often appears in combinations such as: birthright citizenship, the birthright, their birthright.
Context around Birthright
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Birthright
- In this selection, "birthright" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, end, scrap, abandoned, citizenship, citizenshipa and israel stand out and add context to how "birthright" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cherish my birthright and claim to birthright citizenship. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "birthright" sits close to words such as alder, aphasia and aspirational, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with birthright
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
How will Trump end birthright citizenship? (6 words)
Knowing that history is your birthright? (6 words)
Love my birthplace, cherish my birthright. (6 words)
The immeasurable value in encountering any of these writers — or spending time with any serious creative, intellectual or spiritual work — comes from cultivating the radical subjectivity that is our birthright as humans, the burden we carry for all time. (39 words)
Trump wants the Supreme Court to take up birthright citizenshipA day after saying he’ll sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship, Trump says he wants the Supreme Court to take a look at the 14th Amendment. (38 words)
He exclaims that he's "the eldest boy," and it's his birthright to which Roman replies that Shiv is the "real" bloodline, making a jab to Kendall's adopted children. (31 words)
How will Trump end birthright citizenship? (6 words)
Knowing that history is your birthright? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Trump wants the Supreme Court to take up birthright citizenshipA day after saying he’ll sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship, Trump says he wants the Supreme Court to take a look at the 14th Amendment.
Former Veep Mike Pence, expected to announce his presidential bid next week, has previously forcefully defended Trump’s idea to scrap Birthright Citizenship.
Guyana has been given the means; our leaders must devise the methods to leverage our birthright into what is right and bright for us, the first shareholders in this patrimony.
He exclaims that he's "the eldest boy," and it's his birthright to which Roman replies that Shiv is the "real" bloodline, making a jab to Kendall's adopted children.
I don’t blame them though because our leaders have sold their birthright.
In both cases, however, it was eventually revealed that the protagonists' involvement in the war was destined through birthright.
It also called on the court to restrain the federation from “detaining, forcefully deporting or otherwise harassing anyone who was born in Pakistan and has a claim to birthright citizenship”.
Many countries, including France, New Zealand, and Australia, have abandoned birthright citizenship in the past few decades.
Portia Carney, a 21-year-old student from Juneau, Alaska, will enjoy the Birthright Israel program this summer.
Programs like Birthright have slowed the trend but not reversed it.
The American Birthright standards use traditional social studies over hyper-politicized ones.
The immeasurable value in encountering any of these writers — or spending time with any serious creative, intellectual or spiritual work — comes from cultivating the radical subjectivity that is our birthright as humans, the burden we carry for all time.
The participants will be able to disconnect from the war for a short time during their Birthright tour throughout Israel, from the Golan Heights to the Negev.
Trump and other Republicans, meanwhile, are promising to end birthright citizenship, create detention camps and deport 12 million immigrants with no path to citizenship.
How will Trump end birthright citizenship?
In 2010, the Dominican Republic changed its Constitution to eliminate the right to birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
It’s a derivative of New England prep-school uniforms redolent of wealth and legacy; of an effortless ease and birthright that is particularly attractive when times seem hard.
Knowing that history is your birthright?
Love my birthplace, cherish my birthright.
On birthright citizenship, I believe that part of the 14th Amendment has outlived its purpose.
Common combinations with birthright
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- birthright citizenship 32×
- the birthright 10×
- their birthright 9×
- end birthright 7×
- on birthright 7×
- his birthright 6×
- birthright of 4×
- our birthright 4×
- birthright to 4×
- birthright israel 4×