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Definition of downtrodden
: suffering oppression
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Examples of downtrodden in a Sentence
They were poor and downtrodden.
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
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Acquired to bolster the Wizards’ downtrodden bench, Bogdanovic averaged 12.7 points and shot 39.1 percent on 3-pointers despite playing reduced minutes.
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The Sooners fell behind 21-0 against Texas and Looney, who ultimately rushed for four yards on six carries that day, was downtrodden.
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After all, Hitler’s inflated rhetoric captivated the downtrodden Germans in the street – and there were lots of them in the not-so-roaring Twenties.
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What We’re Reading Home Alone: CNN reports that President Trump has returned from his first overseas trip feeling downtrodden.
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Once again, Miss Cooper charitably intervenes — but will kindness prove enough to free the faux Major and the downtrodden Sybil from her domineering mother?
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The opposition groups have called for greater investment in Cleveland's downtrodden neighborhoods.
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Both Letts and Winger expertly express their characters' mental state physically, whether frazzled or downtrodden at their less-than-exciting jobs, fraught with uneasiness or comfortably tender with each other.
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Council members hope the Apple warehouse will spur additional development in the downtrodden corner of downtown known as the Tessera District.
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First Known Use of downtrodden
1595
DOWNTRODDEN Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of downtrodden for English Language Learners
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: without hope because of being treated badly by powerful people, governments, etc.
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