Sentence examples for subservient status from inspiring English sources

There was real anger in Mosul at the new subservient status of women and the destruction of famous mosques, like that of Younis (Jonah) in Mosul, which was deemed by Isis to be a shrine.

He mingles them, sometimes freely, and makes a few puzzling choices — for instance, he uses the term "handmaid," derived from the King James, to describe the young woman whom Sarai offers up to sleep with her husband, Abram, after Sarai is unable to conceive, rather than Alter's term, "slave girl," which evokes the woman's subservient status.

He normalises the score so that zero corresponds to "strongly autocratic" institutions (like Saudi Arabia) while 1 represents a strong democracy (like America).Islamic culture is a common scapegoat for the Arab democratic deficit: some scholars single out the subservient status of women or low levels of education for special criticism.

Susan Babbitt notes that "the effects of oppression may be such that people are psychologically damaged, possessing interests and desires that reflect their subservient status" (Babbitt 1993, 246).

Japan severed diplomatic contact with China for most of two centuries rather than accepting even the appearance of subservient status.

"Our guys are young and a lot of them have never played, so this has to be a learning experience," said Urban, who is not ready to accept subservient status in the Back Bay football ranks.

And out of this subservient condition.

And out of this subservient condition..

"He was in a subservient position with the lantern.

The subservient position of clinical nurses seems the underlying root cause of nurse staffing problems.

In South Asia a young bride holds a subservient position in the household (30).