Sentence examples for downtrodden to from inspiring English sources

Thatcher wanted the downtrodden to be liberated; she had little time for the undeserving rich.

Echoing the ideology of the Black Panthers, Shakur encouraged the downtrodden to take up arms.

The new government, he said, would "create new opportunities for the poor and the downtrodden to participate in development".

It may be that most Indian Muslims are too poor and downtrodden to join radical causes elsewhere.

They appear in rags, half-starved and too downtrodden to ask for a second bowl of gruel.

During their almost biblical journey, they learn the necessity for collective action among the poor and downtrodden to prevent them from being destroyed individually.

BSkyB, meanwhile, will have more opportunity to tempt downtrodden consumers to stay glued to their TV set as the world gets scarier.

If the movement to give food to the hungry and justice to the downtrodden is to be a political interest, then it will not fare so well in the decade to come.

These pop stars are not generally considered to be downtrodden, but to Sharpton they are in dire need of emancipation.

In the Indian context, his paternalist approach to caste exploitation – calling on the privileged castes to "uplift" the downtrodden – served to marginalise radical voices, such as that of the Dalit leader Bhimrao Ambedkar, who wanted more profound changes.

Her parents always taught her to care for the downtrodden and to share with the less fortunate and were one of the first African American homeowners in Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade County