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Example sentences for: persecution

How can you use “persecution” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Many were condemned to death, and still more fled the country to escape persecution.
The new law limits refugees' rights to appeal individual persecution, and it speeds up the process of ejecting those without identity papers.
Beijing's persecution of Christians deserves to be an important U.S. policy issue, says the cover story.
Christians: persecution, persecutions, persecuted
It does sound bad, especially given the 2,000 year history of Jewish persecution by cranky Christians.