Examples of downtrodden in a Sentence
They were poor and downtrodden.
a war that was supposed to liberate the downtrodden citizens of that nation
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In The Holiday, heartbroken movie-trailer producer Amanda (Diaz, 51) offers up her Los Angeles mansion in order to get away for the holidays, before similarly downtrodden columnist Iris (Winslet, 48) answers, swapping her English country cottage.
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Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
Their selections paint a complicated picture, convening hopeful, patriotic idealists, righteous firebrands, and downtrodden cynics.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Among the musical’s 42 scenes are trips to Gatsby’s gilded and labyrinthine Long Island mansion, a downtrodden and industrial Valley of Ashes in eastern Queens, and a flowery cottage that serves as the setting for Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024
The new film also recalls Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall, another picture about the renovation of a gathering place intended to bring a divided, downtrodden populace together for camaraderie and understanding.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
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Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 13 June 2024
Their selections paint a complicated picture, convening hopeful, patriotic idealists, righteous firebrands, and downtrodden cynics.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
Among the musical’s 42 scenes are trips to Gatsby’s gilded and labyrinthine Long Island mansion, a downtrodden and industrial Valley of Ashes in eastern Queens, and a flowery cottage that serves as the setting for Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2024
The new film also recalls Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall, another picture about the renovation of a gathering place intended to bring a divided, downtrodden populace together for camaraderie and understanding.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Downtrodden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downtrodden. Accessed 1 Jul. 2024.
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downtrodden
adjective
down·trod·den
ˈdau̇n-ˈträd-ᵊn 
: crushed by superior power
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