Sentence examples for were being trampled from inspiring English sources

But smaller EU members correctly feared that they were being trampled on, and mounted furious resistance.There followed what one official calls a "cynical stitch-up".

In 2000, a group of law students sued the city on behalf of tenants who felt their rights were being trampled.

The federal inquiry appears to have started at the I.R.S., which was concerned that the rules for tax-exempt bonds were being trampled.

It also collapsed on the Patriots' final drive on Oct. 9, but at least then the Jets had to safeguard against the pass while they were being trampled by the run.

That sort of footage, when shown by television networks, led to bitter complaints from 9/11 families that the disaster was being exploited and that their feelings were being trampled.

At times the layers of sound roared around, as if the listener were being trampled by the four riders of the apocalypse or in the midst of a hailstorm.

So far, this principle is being trampled.

The common people are being trampled by the intellectuals.

Their presidential ambitions are being trampled in a furious fraternal war among Republican candidates.

The fiercest opposition has come from preachers, who think local rights are being trampled on.

Its pragmatic ways are being trampled by partisan purists who do not speak for a majority.