wronged

past tense of wrong

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wronged
Verb
  • This can also be intergenerational memory and those who were victimized by genocidal progroms, something Lasky feels in her body while walking around Berlin.
    Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This is about the message sent, with nobody on defense seeming to care as much as those on the offense victimized by the failures.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The men are seen as misogynistic, and the women are oppressed.
    Deena ElGenaidi, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • However, when your organization was founded less than 45 years after slavery was abolished, when Black women were still being forced to be wet nurses to the very children of those who oppressed them and lynching was a common occurrence below the Mason-Dixon Line?
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • No animals or staff members were harmed during the incident.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The man appeared to be drunk and had harassed other women in the same area, the president said.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Three months earlier, a white bus driver had verbally harassed her.
    Time, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The apology came after a sustained campaign by historians and activists who argued that the victims were persecuted for being poor, vulnerable, or simply different.
    James Frater, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Woll and Stolarz carried the load when each was injured.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Spoelstra was remarkably upbeat before the game, offering gratitude for the outpouring of support from the NBA community and expressing relief that nobody was injured in the inferno.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Florida had a shot at a program-defining win against the rival that tormented it the most.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Defend itself against any person or animal which has tormented, assaulted or abused it.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The attorneys for the Department of Justice argued that the preliminary injunction blocking Abrego Garcia’s removal to Liberia should be dissolved because the government received assurances from the government of the West African country that he will not be persecuted or tortured.
    Laura Romero, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Of the few that have arrived in what Saraf describes as a small agricultural town, many have reported being beaten and tortured by different militia groups stationed along the treacherous route between El Fasher and Tawila.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Wronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wronged. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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