Sentence examples for plight you from inspiring English sources

In order to understand our plight, you need to hear our story.

Which couple's plight you most respond to will depend upon which age and stage you are at yourself – hopeful young lover; jaded parent or philosophical empty-nester.

And it's hard not to sympathize with Fred's plight: you wake up one day to a half a billion dollars vanished, a longtime friend and associate unmasked as a criminal, and your own reputation and character in question.

It was used to bring him closer to his audience, to admit the limits of his powers of expression (you know what I mean) and appeal for understanding of his plight (you know how it is).This is also how other Blairites use the words.

We know whom it is really about, a "man whose name was known for courage resolute in his helmet," a man whose world was "honour-bound and blood-stained," who came from his native land pitying "the plight you suffer in this legendary hall".

There were lots of well-meaning people at Yale who wanted you to understand that they understood your plight; you'd get into a conversation and they would yield too soon, so we didn't get the full benefit of the exchange.

Showing the person's plight moves you or concerns you is appropriate they're much more likely to connect with you as a result and realize that you're on their side.

Although Anderssen is regarded as a member of the "heroic" attacking school, he was not in favor of mindless aggression, for example he said: "Move that one of your pieces, which is in the worst plight, unless you can satisfy yourself that you can derive immediate advantage by an attack", a principle more recently labelled "Makogonov's rule".

You warm to the characters, sympathise with their plight, but you don't necessarily like them much.

Alexandra Socha, who now plays the role in the hypnotic musical adaptation of the play on Broadway, looks so girlish and delicate that her plight sets you squirming in your seat.

(I made a feature-length documentary about Romanelli's plight that you can watch for free).