They were poor and downtrodden.
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
Recent Examples on the WebBut a downtrodden Ben — who got broken up with by Renee the night before, despite never having remembered inviting her to move in in the first place — just doesn’t have it in him to celebrate.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 4 July 2024 In The Holiday, heartbroken movie-trailer producer Amanda (Diaz, 51) offers up her Los Angeles mansion in order to get away for the holidays, before similarly downtrodden columnist Iris (Winslet, 48) answers, swapping her English country cottage.—Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024 Their selections paint a complicated picture, convening hopeful, patriotic idealists, righteous firebrands, and downtrodden cynics.—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024 Among the musical’s 42 scenes are trips to Gatsby’s gilded and labyrinthine Long Island mansion, a downtrodden and industrial Valley of Ashes in eastern Queens, and a flowery cottage that serves as the setting for Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion.—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for downtrodden
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