oppressed
Example Sentences
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According to 1996 reporting by The Times, “Siembra” delivered pulsating salsa rhythms that “carried messages of freedom at a time when most of Latin America was oppressed by military dictatorships.”
From Los Angeles Times
The Kurds remain an oppressed people, but one that will fight for freedom for themselves and protection for others.
“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement posted online.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are the grandchildren of the protesters. We are the grandchildren of the oppressed,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
Harbored at different times by Yemen, Syria, East Germany and communist Hungary, this self-appointed tribune of the oppressed was finally captured in Sudan in 1994, then convicted in France of multiple murders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
