Downtrodden Sentence Examples

We ought to encourage the empowerment of all those who feel oppressed or downtrodden.

When she arrived at the Women's Refuge, she was very downtrodden.

Harvey Pekar, the hilariously downtrodden Cleveland comic book artist, is the subject of AMERICAN SPLENDOR, titled after Pekar's autobiographical series.

Yesterday's masses were overwhelmingly the poorer - and historically downtrodden - Shia, who form 40% of the population.

Take on the role of a nameless character and forge alliances with whomever you like -- the downtrodden humans, the conquering Orcs, or even the traitorous merchants.

The commercial will show Federline in a rap video, then cut to the downtrodden celeb as he is working in a fast-food restaurant, daydreaming about his rap stardom.

Match this depression with Pisces' mutable nature, and you can create a highly downtrodden and unstable individual; the classic manic depressive.

Christian churches held a custom of placing metal boxes outside their doors on this day to collect cash and gifts for the downtrodden.

As the conquerors swept away the Roman fiscal system, which the Visigoths had retained, and replaced it by a poll tax (which was not levied on old men, women, children, cripples or the very poor) and a land tax, the gain to the downtrodden serfs of the fisc was immense.