Sentence examples for rightfully occupies from inspiring English sources
It's the overlap between these two disputes - between which country rightfully occupies which islet and which countries set the world's rules - that makes the South China Sea disputes so dangerous.
The gentlemen of "Veep" and "Silicon Valley" could rightfully occupy this entire category with one preeminent exception: Tituss Burgess, who makes the broadest comedy on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" look refined and effortless.
— MMK, New York A few readers suggested actresses who at one point in their careers would have been good for the part: "Twenty-five yeago ago, Bernadette Peters would have nailed it, but she was then occupied (and rightfully so) with Sondheim's 'Sunday in the Park with George' and later 'Into the Woods.' I agree that Donna Murphy would have been perfect a decade ago".
Members of the tribe say the land they're occupying is rightfully theirs, and that authorities are infringing on tribal sovereignty and failing to respect two treaties ratified by the federal government.
Both measures will help mass transit - those upstarts occupying cab space that rightfully belongs to denizens of Wall Street and Park Avenue will be driven back into the subways and buses, and the tax can be used to make these forms of transportation more attractive.
On a Sunday in the fall of 2009, Adolfo Ich Chaman arrived weaponless at the scene of a confrontation between members of his community and guards at the Fenix mine in Guatemala, where the Mayan Q'eqchi' were occupying land they said was rightfully theirs.
Occupy itself will gain renewed respect, and rightfully so.
"A lot of people are rightfully skeptical of the corporate media," said Liz Reid, a member of Occupy Oakland's media committee.
The Tea Party was founded on a sense that something ephemeral had been stolen by someone and that a movement was needed to "take the country back". Occupy Wall Street is now getting media attention the Tea Party believes is rightfully theirs, and the perceived slight can only inflame the movement's sense of victimhood.
