Sentence examples for As persecuted from inspiring English sources

He did not write reverently about his class; he did not glorify blacks as persecuted underdogs.

The Outers have always had a tendency to see themselves as persecuted martyrs for their cause.

He depicted himself as persecuted by his opponents for casting his lot with the poor.

The actor currently stars in The Imitation Game as persecuted gay mathematician Alan Turing, who broke the Enigma code used by the Nazis during World War II.

To many in Harney County, a place with an ambivalent relationship with government, the image of the Hammonds as persecuted victims of authority is persuasive.

The labour movement saw in Zionism the manifestation of its own ideals, as persecuted and downtrodden Jews fought for their equality among the nations.

It portrays the attorney-general as persecuting ordinary New Yorkers who want to earn a few extra dollars by renting out their home for a couple of nights.

Over the years, she said, the city's popularity "gets strengthened in these periods where the republic is seen as persecuting the church".

But in the end the authorities appear to have failed to compile evidence of a crime, or to have decided that any charges against Dr. Jiang would be regarded as persecuting the man who had told the truth about SARS.

By the same token, this means that we cannot treat them as persecuting countries at the same time.

As the historian Deborah Lipstadt points out in her book Beyond Belief, the New Republic portrayed the government's attitude as "persecuting the refugee".