have persecuted
- present perfect of persecute.
Example Sentences
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Instead of saying “princes have persecuted me without a cause,’ David complains, ‘printers have persecuted me without a cause.’
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2017
As modern humans became the dominant carnivore, we have persecuted other large carnivores to extinction — which is why dogs are such an interesting puzzle.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 5, 2013
Many of them have persecuted clergymen, as in the case of Methodism's founder, John Wesley, who was an interested observer of knockings, rappings and agitated warming pans at Epworth Rectory in 1716-17.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still she attempted to quiet fears that her new government would strike back at those she claims have persecuted her.
From Time Magazine Archive
By effectual grace," answered Gordon; "I pass for a Jansenist; I know Arnaud and Nicole; the Jesuits have persecuted us.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
