How to Use the downtrodden in a Sentence

the downtrodden

noun
  • John stood up for the downtrodden, as cliché as that might sound.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Her camera is at home among the downtrodden as well as those who tread on them.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 June 2024
  • Sometimes those who have a lighter burden need to carry the load for the downtrodden.
    — Cameron Smith | [email protected], al, 13 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • This would absolutely be a home run hire for the downtrodden Raiders.
    — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For the downtrodden, though, the play-in berth suddenly holds zero appeal.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2022
  • People, not only Blacks and the downtrodden, prayed for his stamina.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • McEntire was using her platform at the event to espouse for the downtrodden, too.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 May 2025
  • Boosting growth-strangling spending doesn’t help the downtrodden.
    — Douglas Carr, National Review, 7 Feb. 2024
  • For 12 years a champion of the downtrodden, victims of war, hunger and poverty.
    — Greg Palkot, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Hunt down rare beasts and solve ancient mysteries to grant the wishes of the downtrodden and restore the kingdom’s hope.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The good are getting richer off the ineptitude of the downtrodden.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • As a result, some fret that Mr Khan may not be the champion of the downtrodden the post demands.
    — The Economist, 16 Feb. 2021
  • Another line of defense is that the SAT is the best friend of the downtrodden.
    — Evan Mandery, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
  • His many ardent admirers regard him as an economist for the downtrodden.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Sunday, the Commanders get back to work and host the downtrodden Cowboys.
    — Mike Jones, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Ai Weiwei’s work frequently champions free speech, gives a voice to the downtrodden.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • All three had unified their fractured homelands and claimed to have liberated the downtrodden, at a staggering human cost.
    — Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Advertisement Game one of playing as the villain went well against the downtrodden Spartans.
    — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 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
  • But thanks to unprecedented economic circumstances, the days of the downtrodden may have arrived.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • During her ensuing search, Hazel encounters the ghosts of slaves and the downtrodden everywhere.
    — Harold Goldberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Still exceedingly self-confident, Fielding must adjust to a new boss and a new job – defending the downtrodden.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 15 Jan. 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
  • Wall Street viewed the purchase as an upbeat sign for the downtrodden sector, lifting shares of Palo Alto 5%.
    — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The union hired defense attorney Clarence Darrow, the famous crusader for the downtrodden.
    — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • Walter thought back to his team’s negotiations over the winter with Ohtani, who was a free agent after six seasons with the downtrodden Angels.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024

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