How to Use downtrodden in a Sentence

downtrodden

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• They were poor and downtrodden.
• Thomas, 32, has been the face of the downtrodden franchise since Cleveland made him the No.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2017
• Thomas, hired to coach the school’s downtrodden boys basketball team in April, is no stranger to the school or city.
  — Dallas News, 25 Jan. 2023
• Even in this downtrodden post-World Series era, Bochy has held his own against the Dodgers.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Next time someone looks downtrodden or left out, take throwmeaway4352's words to heart and be kind.
  — The Editors, Cosmopolitan, 23 Oct. 2014
• The thought that one more person may have survived the blast had became a glimmer of hope in the downtrodden city.
  — CNN, 6 Sep. 2020
• But the Sox have played plenty of day games in bad weather against downtrodden teams since 2000.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• Joy is very downtrodden and in such despair, and honestly kind of like a rock in so many ways.
  — Vulture, 14 Apr. 2022
• Nearby, a line of the still-hopeful tried to rally downtrodden fans.
  — Mark Collette, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
• Sanders is well on his way to restoring the shine to a downtrodden program that’s coming off a 1-11 season.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• The press reported that a downtrodden Becker had, for the first time, acted his age.
  — Angela Gaudioso, SPIN, 22 May 2022
• Optimism abounds for Democrats who have been downtrodden for over a decade.
  — John Sharp, AL.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• Whatever answers are ahead, they aren’t etched in the usual downtrodden spin of a low-end team with a high-end draft pick.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• And Amazon threatens to suck revenue out of even the downtrodden cities bidding for HQ2.
  — Kevin Maney, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2017
• With the promise of brilliant spring dawns and thunder in the timber, who could feel downtrodden or depressed?
  — Brian Lovett, Outdoor Life, 8 Jan. 2021
• But a Week 2 road contest at Hawaii is certainly winnable, as are a few other games in a downtrodden Pac-12.
  — Max Meyer, SI.com, 15 July 2019
• Can the Lions find some magic against a downtrodden Packers team?
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• On the surface, Marthas are a downtrodden lot — not powerful enough to be Wives or Lydias, not fertile or young enough to be Econowives.
  — Sabrina Rojas Weiss, refinery29.com, 5 June 2019
• Last year, the 100-loss Reds team was a downtrodden group of veterans who were looking to extend their big league careers.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 29 July 2023
• In a matchup of largely inexperienced and downtrodden players, the group from Storrs earned a rare dose of game day joy.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 27 Oct. 2019
• One of the most downtrodden sports programs in America was projected to make the tournament for the first time since 1991.
  — Eddie Pells, The Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2020
• Remember when Jay-Z was a dynamic hip-hop artist whose stark lyrics gave voice to the oppressed and downtrodden?
  — Paul Newberry, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2019
• The Trojans were a downtrodden bunch for reasons that extended beyond the loss.
  — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2018
• Jim is downtrodden but morally upright and ever ready to help.
  — Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
• In the show, the poor and downtrodden play children’s games such as Tug of War in hope of winning millions in prize money, but those who lose are brutally killed for sport.
  — Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2021
• Neither did a bunch of other people who saw Tiger as a beat-up, used-up, downtrodden version of himself.
  — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• The premise: Dax (Howery), is a downtrodden Foot Locker employee trying to make a buck.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2018
• Only the long-downtrodden Saints were willing to gamble on Brees’ shoulder.
  — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• But the Sunday Service Choir’s soothing harmonies and Moore’s sweet hook turned the track’s initial downtrodden mood upside down.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
• Inflation feels akin to taking a pay cut, helping explain why Americans have been so downtrodden about the U.S. economy.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024