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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In Ayad Akhtar’s new play, McNeal, a downtrodden novelist played by Robert Downey Jr. points out that Shakespeare’s King Lear shares 70 percent of its words with a predecessor play, King Leir.
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Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Her husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) is alive and well; her daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin) is a doctor working to find a cure for cancer who is married to a downtrodden and disheveled Ed (Kelce).
—Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
For Israelis—downtrodden and demoralized since October 7—the IDF’s counteroffensive recalled the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel also rapidly prevailed thanks to a superior air force.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Through an unprecedented burst of legislative and executive activity, the New Deal redistributed political and economic power to the most downtrodden.
—Meg Jacobs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Her husband, Marshall (Courtney B. Vance) is alive and well; her daughter Merritt (Raven Goodwin) is a doctor working to find a cure for cancer who is married to a downtrodden and disheveled Ed (Kelce).
—Julia Moore, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
For Israelis—downtrodden and demoralized since October 7—the IDF’s counteroffensive recalled the 1967 Six-Day War, in which Israel also rapidly prevailed thanks to a superior air force.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Through an unprecedented burst of legislative and executive activity, the New Deal redistributed political and economic power to the most downtrodden.
—Meg Jacobs, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
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“Downtrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downtrodden. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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downtrodden
adjective
down·trod·den
ˈdau̇n-ˈträd-ᵊn 
: crushed by superior power
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