Sentence examples for persecute the from inspiring English sources

Simon felt compelled to persecute the Essenes, who opposed the usurpation.

The elder brother begins to persecute the younger, in Scotland and then America.

So you had Communists taking over the Soviet Union and they would persecute the anarchists.

Common sense was sturdy everywhere, scornful, jesting, a little inclined to persecute the obdurate fearful.

"This law is another attempt to politically persecute the left,," Shaul said.

When the German authorities began to persecute the Jews, Asher fled to France and then to Spain.

It persecutes the community".

You were persecuted, the perfect scapegoat.

"I persecuted the shit out of Del," Nichols says.

There is a tradition of persecuting the Sinti.

Another bird that is often persecuted: the super-smart crow.