Sentence examples for had persecuted from inspiring English sources

In a 1997 speech, he said America had "persecuted" him.

Henry had persecuted English Protestants until the row over the annulment.

Villas-Boas used the victory to whip the English news media, which he said had "persecuted" his team.

He was, after all, a secular Baathist who had persecuted believers, just as the Syrian Baath Party had done.

The Roman emperor Diocletian had persecuted the Christians, and many bishops and priests had collaborated with the regime.

Basque officials protested that the medal was an insulting gesture of approval for someone who had persecuted their people.

For years it has persecuted its Rohingya minority.

Europeans have persecuted Roma because of their identity and skin color.

Sometimes they have failed to protect citizens; at other times they have persecuted them.

He controls the security forces that have persecuted and brutalized political opponents.

He was a good administrator and is noteworthy for having persecuted neither pagans nor Arians.