Sentence examples for is persecuted from inspiring English sources

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is persecuted

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To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.

  • "Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." – Matt. 5:44.

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"She is persecuted," he said.

There is nobody who is persecuted or detained".

The men could not be sent back to China, as their minority is persecuted there.

Kate is persecuted and oppressed in horrible ways, but she lives as she is.

"No one in Azerbaijan is persecuted based on his or her political beliefs or activities," he said.

One thing is certain: Blagojevich feels "hurt," he said, when, occasionally, he is persecuted by an unfeeling public.

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And homosexuals were persecuted.

Being persecuted: eight points.

They were persecuted".

Dissidents were persecuted or fled.

Monks were persecuted.

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