Sentence examples for oppressed- from inspiring English sources

Unless it does this, proletarian internationalism will remain a meaningless phrase; mutual confidence and class solidarity between the workers of the oppressing and oppressed nations will be impossible.

The oppressed Muslim girl is a sexy story.

This is part and parcel of being in an oppressed group: women are routinely dehumanised and homogenised, so that every act we undertake in public tends to reflect on all women, instead of our own individual character.

His suggestion tallies, rather ironically, with a comment by evil plantation owner Calvin Candie, played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained, who wonders out loud why the oppressed blacks don't simply "rise up and kill the whites".

"This issue has nothing to do with an oppressed and disadvantaged minority.

But participation in the Greek system is a choice; indeed, far from being an oppressed group, frats and sororities are considered prestigious societies that students want desperately to join.

How much do you think the witches are an external force and how much of it is Macbeth's "heat-oppressed" brain?

Most Iraqis, especially the long-oppressed Shias (who make up nearly three-fifths of the populace) and the defiant Kurds (about a fifth), fervently desire it.

In Iraq, one consequence of Sunday's election is sure to be a transfer of power from the Sunni minority on which Saddam built his power to the long-oppressed Shias.

The long-oppressed population would overthrow Fidel's revolutionary cronies and clamor for capital, expertise, and leadership from the north to transform Cuba into a market democracy with strong ties to the United States.But that moment has come and gone and none of what Washington and the exiles anticipated has come to pass.

Victory for his foes could unleash horrific sectarian vengeance against Syria's multiple minorities by the long-oppressed and now enraged 70% Sunni majority.