Sentence examples for plight like from inspiring English sources

There are novelists, most notably Emma Donoghue in "Room," who have tried to imagine what a plight like this is like.

She belongs to a country of heathen beaches and of jungles as intricate as the arguments of an eminent ecclesiastic caught in some plight like, say, a-Volstead raid.

In general, Mr Berlusconi won praise for his handling of an earthquake that hit central Italy on 6 April - except for his advice to homeless survivors that they should see their plight "like a weekend of camping".

He is praised for his speedy handling of the devastating earthquake which hit the medieval town of L'Aquila - attracting little domestic criticism for a remark in which he urged survivors to see their plight like "a weekend of camping".

And he has had nothing to say the people of East Chicago about their plight, like he did for the citizens of Greentown.

I never thought that a family member, let alone my cousin, would share a similar plight like the other 506 and more persons who have been wrongly killed by a police officer.

Soon after, plights like the 2008 recession further demolished possible development opportunities in the city.

Openly exploring their plight seems like a path that could possibly lead to real, enduring change.

As one of my own mentors said to me, "taking action to improve your plight is like carrying Dumbo's feather -- it's just a way of tricking yourself into allowing what would happen naturally of it's own accord".

Many stateless people have shorter-than-average life-spans as a result of vulnerabilities associated with lack of legal status; one stateless man recently described his plight as like being "buried alive" [ 5].

Sector III, however, was meant for small-scale industries – and a drive around this area reveals the corpse-like plight of small-scale manufacturing in India.