Citations:downtread

English citations of downtread

2011, James Herbert, Others‎^[1]:
You debased the worthy and downtrod the already downtrodden.

1860, Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn.), Autumnal leaves, elegiac and other poems‎^[2], page 18:
Thy Saviour has downtrod the thorns, Which choked thy path to God
1905, John Van Buren, Politician: A Novel of To-day‎^[3], page 36:
There is representatives of every downtrod and oppressed people, and some of them so used to being downtrod and oppressed that it's the only way to treat them.
2014, Amy Sue Bix, Gary Downey, Matthew Wisnioski, Girls Coming to Tech!: A History of American Engineering Education‎^[4]:
Brainzella graduated magna cum laude For her it was victory, she'd not been downtrod

1883, George Stephens, Prof. S. Bugge's Studies on Northern Mythology Shortly Examined‎^[5]:
Lower still, the Divine Hart victoriously downtreads the Northern Hell-wolf freke
2008, Seth Lerer, David R. Slavitt, transl., The Consolation of Philosophy‎^[6], translation of original by Ancius Boethius:
Corrupted men sit throned on high; By strange reversal wickedness Downtreads the necks of holy men
2014 June 2, Jonathan Jones, “The Thai protesters' Hunger Games salute shows a lack of political thought”, in The Guardian:
A daft fictional evil regime that is a monstrous blend of Terry Gilliam's Brazil and The X Factor downtreads its noble innocent victims until they fight back

1934, Bertrand Russell, Freedom and Organization‎^[7]:
James Mill was a democrat, not because he felt himself downtrodden (for who would have dared to downtread such a man?)
1972, Clifford Rhodes, The necessity for love: the history of interpersonal relations‎^[8], page 246:
I would gladly have challenged anybody to downtread her.
2000, Shyam S. Agarwalla, The African fiction‎^[9], page 49:
His new world is one which allows the stronger to downtread the weaker with impunity.