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Example sentences for: downtrodden

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Jodi, while you were luxuriously riding to work in air-conditioned comfort aboard the subway, I was among the downtrodden scanning the papers in a steamy house on Martha's Vineyard.
He joins a tiny public-interest group representing the poor and downtrodden.
Non-celebrities have less claim on Leibovitz, on her time, money, and curiosity, and therefore a reduced impact on us--although it must also be said that Leibovitz makes distinctions between non-celebrities, according an empathy and humanity to inspiring professionals that she can't seem to extend to the abjectly downtrodden.
Once a tight-knit but downtrodden blue-collar community, the hometown of Bruce Springsteen has become a wealthy, yuppified commercial district, with lots of jobs, high taxes, and a fleet of SUVs.
Amazingly, even downtrodden Central Havana is being transformed by the presence of glittering dollar stores.