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Example sentences for: persecuted

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Le Figaro also said that to think the Serbs would now desert their leader showed "a deep misunderstanding of the psychology of a people which considers itself persecuted and besieged."
The thinness of the evidence against him has led some to suggest that Lee, who was born in Taiwan, is being persecuted because of his ethnic heritage.
The first Anglican place of worship in Boston, it stands on land taken by Governor Andros from the burial ground next door: The Puritans refused to sell any land that would be used to benefit a denomination that had persecuted them.
b) Has been persecuted by enemies who won't be satisfied until he is destroyed.
A haven for persecuted Japanese Christians in the 17th century, Portugal’s neutrality during World War II assured the territory a flood of refugees.