Sentence examples for I plight from inspiring English sources

The same is true of the vows the couple speak to each other: "to have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I plight thee my troth".

Is the plight of Anna Karenina less powerful because of the passage of 130 years?

Is the plight of women before receiving the vote similar to the starving of Kolyma prisoners, who scrambled in the ice to eat prehistoric amphibians?

Is the plight of India's fishermen a "national conflict waiting to explode?" Tehelka explores the question in an article that travels from the Bay of Bengal to Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.

As a child I realised my plight, and I knew that education was going to lift me up.

I understood their plight because I had become one of them, a person who elicits from passers-by either total avoidance of eye contact or ill-concealed looks of pity.

I understood her plight because I, and many other Arab Americans and American Muslims, had endured similar treatment.

Please do not think I am depressed over my plight I am still alive, and as such, I tell people you can only be two things when asked If I am okay.

"I connect with these kids because they grew up the way I did - I know their plight," she said.

Though politically unaligned, I have plighted my troth to yes – so doubtless some troll will now call me a bitch.

For I haven't just imagined their plight; I've lived it.