Example sentences for: plight

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

  • In this annoying tradition, let me suggest that the plight of the catcher is symbolic of a dire trend in American society--call it the decatcherization of daily life.

  • The pale pink stone house is unassuming, but the interior tells of the plight of slaves on the islands and of the positive work that was undertaken in the years following emancipation.

  • An op-ed column in the Jerusalem Post drew parallels between the plight of Kosovar Albanians and "the Palestinian refugees in Gaza and the Jewish displaced persons ...

  • The NYT takes a lot of top-front-page space to detail the plight of those taxpayers who will, under the new provisions about to be signed into law, pay more tax when they sell their homes.

  • But if the BOJ is determined enough--and if people like me have analyzed Japan's plight correctly--then six months or a year from now Japan may be on the road to an economic recovery more dramatic than anyone would now dare to forecast.


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