Sentence examples for with oppressed from inspiring English sources

The British novelist Ken Follett's two-part medieval epic, "The Pillars of the Earth" (now a TV mini­series) and "World Without End," teemed with oppressed peasants, bloodthirsty warlords and lusty wassailers.

On Air Force missions overseas, he told students at Liberty University this fall, he had his first encounters with "oppressed people" — an experience that sharpened his idea of the United States as a beacon of democracy and helped convince him that Americans "cannot isolate ourselves within our borders".

Lloyd George possessed eloquence; extraordinary charm and persuasiveness; a capacity to see the heart of problems whose complexity baffled lesser men; a profound sympathy with oppressed classes and races; and a genuine hatred of those who abused power, whether based on wealth or caste or military might.

In this version, which pairs the original animation with new lyrics ("Pure Imagination" gives way to "Pure Manipulation"), we're reminded that Chipotle is a "giant corporation," tugging at our heartstrings with oppressed bovines not because of a genuine interest in sustainability or animal welfare but to make us buy burritos.

Both had their moments of loopy charm: "Rub the Sleep" had a 1950s look with oppressed housewives, face cream, lipstick, a sharp knife and a dreaming prom queen; "Out of Wonderland" featured a tortured Lewis Carroll and (perhaps) his real-life Alice.

I will scream in solidarity with oppressed women everywhere," Hussein said.

Lemebel's crónicas took on a bewildering range of topics, but his sympathies were always with the oppressed and the poor, with women and minorities, with "the human surplus that wipe the hypocritical smirk off the face of the victorious Chile of the miracle".

"Well, I'm standing here in solidarity not just with women, but with every oppressed group whose rights are being crushed and disrespected in many ways.

All our rhetoric will be to side with the oppressed Afghan people and with mainstream Muslims everywhere.

But we know where the truth lies, and every truly civilized person knows that justice does not lie with the oppressor but with the oppressed.

It consists of the following elements: the false identification of liberal values with an oppressive West, and of political Islamism with an oppressed third world; an unreflective, unqualified opposition to every exercise of American power; a certain blindness regarding, or even tenderness toward, contemporary expressions of anti-Semitism.