Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wronged
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Police in the region reported the organization has victimized thousands through extortion, drug and human trafficking, kidnapping and murder.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025 -
On the flip side, new middle linebacker Mohamed Toure had four tackles but was victimized on the biggest defensive misstep of the night -- Eli Raridon’s 65-yard catch and run that set up Carr’s 7-yard TD run to tie the game at 24 late.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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That system brutally enforced racial segregation, which oppressed the Black majority, for 50 years before ending in 1994.—
Matthew Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The inquest heard that the unit where Ruth had been was regularly understaffed, adding that on the day the teenager harmed herself, 50 percent of the workers were agency staff, Sky News reported, noting that Ruth was also not prevented from accessing harmful content online.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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For those viewers questioning why Kendra Licari virtually harassed her own daughter, the answer is not made entirely clear in the documentary, Borgman explained in the interview.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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For more than a year, a Michigan teenager was harassed via text.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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His deportation to El Salvador violated a 2019 court order that protected him from being deported to his home country because of concerns that he’d be persecuted by violent gangs.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
25 Aug. 2025
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Criminals are to be persecuted.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
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Shots fired before dawn in a Charlotte business district killed one person and critically injured another, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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Bundy statement raises question of rogue FBI round Ammon Bundy’s brother, Ryan Bundy, was also injured in the incident.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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Omar, tormented by the first girl’s dying screams, enlists the help of his exhausted supervisor, Rana (Saja Kilani, riveting), who was on her way home after a long shift when Hind’s predicament first crossed his screen.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Melvin is tormented by a quartet of bullies and ends up falling out of a second-story window into a drum of toxic waste.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.—
Emily Temple
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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Several women were tortured and gang raped.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Wronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wronged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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