Sentence examples for were being crushed from inspiring English sources

There was a pile of people forming, and all of the people around them were being crushed into the pile, for there was no resistance.

At the same time, there was no single external tariff, and the German industries that had sprung up during the Napoleonic Wars were being crushed by English competition.

He said savers were finding it "impossible to earn a worthwhile return" while pension funds were being crushed by the collapse in interest they earn on investments.

And, significantly, new documents today show there was a delay from the emergency services when people were being crushed and killed.

As the test continued, he was seized by an agonizing wave of tension, as if each nerve ending were being crushed in a vise.

As Ms. Burgess spoke, the creak and rumble of the bulldozer could be heard from the lot, where all of the garden's structures and plantings were being crushed.

Middle-income families are being crushed.

Freedom of expression is being crushed.

Federer's hope is being crushed.

You feel you are being crushed.

New Yorkers are being crushed by the tax burden.