How to Use the downtrodden in a Sentence

the downtrodden

noun
Definition of the downtroddennext
  • His heart is with the marginalized and the downtrodden.
    — The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
  • John stood up for the downtrodden, as cliché as that might sound.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Another line of defense is that the SAT is the best friend of the downtrodden.
    — Evan Mandery, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The fact is that Byron had spoken up for the downtrodden.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Sometimes those who have a lighter burden need to carry the load for the downtrodden.
    — Cameron Smith | [email protected], al, 13 Apr. 2022
  • As a result, some fret that Mr Khan may not be the champion of the downtrodden the post demands.
    — The Economist, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Main Beach and that cute, twinkly, art-gallery-laden downtown were dotted with the downtrodden as well.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2024
  • That said, at No. 10, the downtrodden Wizards would be wise to take the gamble on his star potential.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2022
  • Even earlier in this month, though, there seemed to be more fans on hand to cheer for the downtrodden St. Louis Cardinals than for the Rangers.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 30 June 2023
  • For the downtrodden, though, the play-in berth suddenly holds zero appeal.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The City provides not just a place filled with shadow from which Batman can attack, but also a home for the downtrodden and a refuge for the rich and oppressive.
    — Joe George, Men's Health, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Concern for the downtrodden, welcome of the stranger, universal literacy, the weekend and much else get their start in the Torah.
    — Lou Weiss, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022
  • And yet, in spite of all of that, Sutherland Spaceport, as it is now known, represents a rare victory for the downtrodden in one of the most unequal parts of the Western world.
    — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The eleventh month of the year is devoted to the darkest, dankest corners of cinema, where the devious and the downtrodden reside.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Palacios was the first Central American to win Miss Universe, and her triumph brought a rare moment of joy to the downtrodden nation.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
  • But López Obrador defines himself as an insurgent politician, fighting for the rights of the indigenous and the downtrodden.
    — Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Advertisement Game one of playing as the villain went well against the downtrodden Spartans.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Boosting growth-strangling spending doesn’t help the downtrodden.
    — Douglas Carr, National Review, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But Sunday’s performance wasn’t just a case of the Cardinals taking advantage of the downtrodden.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2020
  • At the time, the community consisting of teenagers and college students mostly pranked the downtrodden and pop culture celebrities.
    — Stanislav Budnitsky, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2022
  • But thanks to unprecedented economic circumstances, the days of the downtrodden may have arrived.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Scioli depicts Lee as a complicated man who did good and bad, as a vain man looking for validation, and as a man who wanted to bring respect to the downtrodden medium of comics.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Still exceedingly self-confident, Fielding must adjust to a new boss and a new job – defending the downtrodden.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The Backstreets gives voice to the downtrodden, registering the narrator’s past traumas and present indignities in a rapid stream of consciousness free of chapter breaks.
    — Ed Park, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2022
  • His many ardent admirers regard him as an economist for the downtrodden.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Charlie Chaplin had a big problem with law as it was enforced, order as it was imposed, and the norms of propriety and morality as they were applied—namely, against the downtrodden, the afflicted, and the outcast.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 28 July 2023
  • The premise — a disenchanted government operative comes to the aid of the downtrodden — has worked well in two films starring Denzel Washington; each grossed over $190 million worldwide.
    — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 29 Jan. 2021
  • His work mostly involved finely detailed depictions of street life and prison time, impressionistic scenes of shopping carts, jazz players or crowds that drove home the dignity of the downtrodden.
    — Kevin Fagan, SFChronicle.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Two dozen young seminarians from the order arrived by foot from their nearby college to greet the nun whose work amid the downtrodden brought her international recognition and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Demme, who may be the most humanistic of our great American directors, lets the song play in its entirety, supplementing it with images of both the fortunate and the downtrodden citizens of Philly.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023

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