Sentence examples for horrendous plight from inspiring English sources
Engels, the author of an expose of the horrendous plight of Lancashire millworkers, introduced Marx, whose "practical knowledge of capitalism was nil," to the dismal science.
White gold, they called it, the salt that made white men rich and black slaves wretched with a horrendous plight beyond all suffering in the salt pans of Grand Turk.
They also lashed out at the West for 'turning a blind eye' to the plight of the Rohingya minority, with one protestor, Parvez Hameedy, saying: "It is horrendous the way religious fanatics in Burma have been killing Rohingya Muslims and the entire world is watching the horror unfold with silence".
The Emergency Directors were particularly concerned by the plight of women and children, many of whom have suffered and witnessed horrendous atrocities – they have seen their husbands and children slaughtered, walked for days with nothing but the clothes on their backs to seek refuge, been exposed to abuse and violence, and lost their homes and belongings.
"I understand her plight".
Few understood my plight.
Such horrendous careening!
