Sentence examples for they were persecuted from inspiring English sources

They were persecuted".

Others said they were persecuted for their political leanings.

They were persecuted as loyal members of the Communist Party.

He heard Christians complain that they were persecuted by the Islamic north.

Rather, they were persecuted, subpoenaed and passed over for jobs when they came home.

Her parents are originally from Turkey, where they were persecuted for being Kurds.

But he called reporters rats today, and claimed they were persecuting him.

Just look at academia, that vast herd of sheep-like individualists: they think they're persecuted, but they're not.

That's not what happens in Europe like in Spain, where they are persecuted.

They are the people who complain that they are persecuted when in fact they are only forbidden to persecute others.

The six million Bahais are scattered over the globe, most thickly in Iran, where they are persecuted.