Sentence examples for persecution a from inspiring English sources

4. Don't feel guilty you aren't being persecuted When many people talk about persecution, a weird thing happens in their speech.

A jail sentence (if applied) is persecution; a fine is not.Campaigners are outraged.

The reaction must reflect the Jewish history of persecution, a people's well-earned fear of disappointment and worse.

One of Britain's most threatened birds of prey, the hen harrier, is being almost entirely eradicated from grouse moors because of systematic persecution, a new report has found.

Mrs. Plavsic, 78, a former president of Bosnia, surrendered to the war crimes tribunal in The Hague in 2001 and pleaded guilty to persecution, a crime against humanity.

But to prosecute them now, noted Miss A, might be considered persecution – "a big fish had got away so they were taking it out on the little fish".

He continued: "This appears to be a persecution and a prosecution.

The federal government's pursuit of Bonds has been relentless, and at times it has seemed more like a persecution than a prosecution.

I believe that Aaron's death was caused by a persecution and a prosecution that had already wound on for 2 years".

She was "exposed to petty persecutions," a contemporary said.

Under the influence of the persecutions, a combination of the end-time expectations was established.