Sentence examples for oppressed populace from inspiring English sources

Many older exiles view Obama's actions as an appeasement and believe recognition of the Castro government will tighten the communist grip on an oppressed populace.

Great churches, convents, and private palaces from this period testify to a concentration of power against which an oppressed populace might periodically but ineffectually rebel as in the ill-fated revolt led by Masaniello (Tomaso Aniello) in 1647 48.

By the 15th century, the Ṣafavid movement could draw on both the mystical emotional force of Sufism and the Shīʿite appeal to the oppressed populace to gain a large number of dedicated adherents.

The balloons eventually deflate, falling softly with their precious, soul-saving cargo on the oppressed populace below.

When will the oppressed populace take to the streets of American cities? Americans are too busy -- in an unending struggle to keep their heads above water -- to revolt.

"We wanted to make sure that our movie is not guilty of the crimes of the Capitol," she added, referring to the elites in the books who organize the Hunger Games to entertain an oppressed populace.

As a result, people have continued to turn away from organised religion, particularly from Islam, because they have seen how the regime is manipulating their faith to oppress the populace and suppress dissent.

Specifically, the French king and the nobles, whose power is such that they would be able to oppress the populace, are checked by the laws of the realm which are enforced by the independent authority of the Parlement.

The Soviet appointments of Jews to positions responsible for oppressing the populace further fueled this perception.

Making matters worse, by allowing government agents to operate above the law, immune from wrongdoing, we have created a situation in which the law is one-sided and top-down, used as a hammer to oppress the populace, while useless in protecting us against government abuse.

"Who knows?" Alaa Al Aswany had told me that he thought the Egyptian revolution would fundamentally change the Middle East paradigm of an apathetic populace oppressed by dictators and retreating into Islam.