Sentence examples for called plight from inspiring English sources

Most notably with Connor, who wrote a book called "Plight Of The Bee" that initially caught Häagen-Dazs' attention.

"Dad had visitors, and the talk always turned to race, or what they called 'the plight of the Negro in American society.' I listened, and I learned about the plight of black folks, and how one had to be to get ahead in this society".

Haitian president Michel Martelly has called their plight a humanitarian crisis.

The real rot set in when, in 1985, the House agriculture committee tabled a hearing called "The Plight of the Family Farmer", and promptly called Jane Fonda, Sissy Spacek and Sally Field to testify on the basis that they had all played farm wives in movies.

Former anchorman Tom Brokaw has called the plight of our veterans a "moral crisis".

Of course, these actions have prompted some stern statements from State Department officials, and Obama has called the plight of the Rohingya a "most urgent matter".

Pope John Paul II once called the plight of refugees "the greatest tragedy of all human tragedies" and "a shameful wound of our time".

Last November, Reich pleaded for an extension of unemployment benefits, calling the plight of the jobless our "single newest and biggest social problem".

The challenge will be to overcome the potentially fatal flaw of any previous NRA opponent, a little something I like to call the plight of the rationalist.

The community and Amnesty International produced a 2012 documentary about its plight called Children of the Jaguar.

Middle linebacker Antonio Pierce, the leader of the defense, called the Giants' plight "a complete embarrassment and disappointment".