downtrodden
adjective
tyrannized over; oppressed.
downtrod
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a variation of
downtrodden.
Example Sentences
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Other, Thou dost bless with station Dark, and of the foot downtrod, Sink them deep in the foundation— Buried, hid with Christ in God.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Jean Ingelow
The husks of his dead creed, downtrod and dry, Are powerless now as some dishonoured spell, Some aged Pythia in her priestly clothes, Some widow'd witch divining by the dead.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Jean Ingelow
Speed, speed the day, O righteous God, To break the fetters, dry the tears, To raise the slave, so long downtrod, Through the dark age of by-gone years!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Exiled and wandering, from this land outcast, One day He shall return, and set the last Crown on these sins that have his house downtrod.
From The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Gilbert Murray
"Now, we ain't downtrod none in this country," finally began Doc Tomlinson, who had made political speeches in Kansas.
From Heart's Desire by Emerson Hough
