The phrase "plight caused by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a difficult or unfortunate situation that is the result of a specific factor or event.
Example: "The plight caused by the economic downturn has affected many families in the community."
Alternatives: "situation resulting from" or "predicament due to".
Until recently, Wall Street executives grumbled privately that Mr. Bernanke was too disengaged from the real world, too slow to understand the plight caused by bad mortgages and too hesitant about lowering interest rates.
Unfortunately, her plight – caused by the additive beta-carotene, which gave the drink its colour – emerged just as Sunny Delight was running an advertising campaign that involved a pair of snowmen turning orange.
In any case, the city's plight, caused by the epidemic, triggered a new wave of public uproar, and Pericles was forced to defend himself in an emotional final speech, a rendition of which is presented by Thucydides.
Girl mine victim's dream for education takes root Nairobi, December 2004 - In 1995 an eight year old girl faced an audience of hundreds of people from all over the world at an international conference in Geneva and spoke passionately about her plight caused by a landmine that had blown of her legs at an early age.
Little did this group... Education - Mine girl's dream takes root December 2004: In 1995 an eight year old girl faced an audience of hundreds of people at an international conference in Geneva and spoke passionately about her plight caused by a landmine that had blown of her legs at an early age... Email this article.
Harry's plight was caused by Professor Quirrell, and Neville happens to be the other possible "Chosen One," so who's to say Quirrell wasn't trying to take out Neville, too?
Her plight caused such outrage across the country it triggered protests in several cities.
Ms. Buerkle's plight underscores the peril and panic caused by redistricting, the once-a-decade process of reshaping voting maps to reflect the shifts in population recorded in the census.
Her death, and the misery I endured from poverty in the 1930s, were caused by government indifference to the plight of working-class Britain – and that politicised me to become a pragmatic socialist.
While perhaps not as eye-catching as the US student's plight, there are plenty of other instances of harm caused by art.
In traditional rural communities, women have to face a plight that resulted in a narrow "space of birth choice" caused by the family planning policy and strong "son preference" culture (Guangzong and Wei 1995), women's right to make a fertility choice might be subject to double deprivation.
