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Example sentences for: plight

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But, without expressing any sympathy for the plight of the East Timorese, it also warned that "Indonesians must realise that, in this era of globalization, self-isolation and disregard of the accepted universal norms of international conduct can lead to political and economic devastation for the nation."
I care about the plight of the millions of women who are forced to raise their children in poverty housing, and I am grateful - as Mother's Day approaches -that I am in position to help make the essential foundation of a decent home possible for these mothers and their children.
The paper says this isn't everybody's plight though: most Russians keep their savings in dollars under their mattresses, and many bankers are making a killing speculating in foreign currency.
The Palestinian papers focused, by contrast, on the plight of the peace process, blaming the United States for the present impasse.
Basil Cottle, a British scholar, in his book, The Plight of English (1975) [reviewed III,3], says that he likes gotten and feels that it is an improvement on mere got which he says is a nasty verb.