Sentence examples for were rightful from inspiring English sources

At the City Hall reception, Mr Livingstone told Poles they were "rightful residents of the capital... Polish Londoners, not outsiders.

He said the Rirratjingu were rightful landholders and entitled to the royalties, and dismissed the NLC as bureaucracts.

City striker Mario Balotelli echoed Kompany's sentiments that the club were rightful title winners as he also insisted he would be staying with the Manchester outfit.

It's where a whole political party takes, for the first time, it's rightful place in our parliament".

Soft power is used to establish a Finlandised state of mind in the west: Finlandisation is rightful because peaceful.

These beliefs, obviously opposed, mark our uncertainty about whether we're rightful peers or masters among other entities with brains.

Instead, the "rules are rules" sentiment of the Europeans inflamed an already volatile situation and endorsed the theory of them being rightful losers.

How have we managed to tell ourselves that we are rightful inheritors of Plato, Aquinas, and Kant, when the stuff of our existence is more Beyoncé and Burger King?

City had the best team, the best squad and are rightful champions.

For countless Uber partner drivers around the world, autonomous vehicles may be rightful cause for worry.

But the mere fact that there are people who can claim to be rightful owners is progress of sorts.