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plight

(= predicament) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one finds himself in a most awkward predicament the woeful plight of homeless people a solemn pledge of fidelity (= pledge) promise solemnly and formally I pledge that I will honor my wife (= betroth) give to in marriage

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Simple sentences

The documentary is meant to raise consciousness about the plight of the poor.

Movie subtitles

And I plight unto thee my troth.
The plight of a mother it is very sad.
If only he were her to behold his sister's plight!
According to God's holy ordinance. And thereto I plight thee my troth.
Mr. Russell obviously feels sympathy for the Indians' plight.
I know how they felt about their plight and their death.
A soldier will go where bullets hurl, Back home he'll tell of his plight.
Counting their damages, Lament over their plight.
My lord, we're in a desperate plight.
I was just trying to imagine the plight of those two young murderers.
Dennis moore, dennis moore, dum, de, dum, dum, plight.
We tried to tell you our plight as you passed, that our adopted planet is dying.
And so it seemed that fortune had smiled on Brad and Janet and they had found the assistance that their plight required.
I told you. You tell me about the lonely plight of a dedicated journalist. I tell you to stuff it.
Tell Henry when he returns his sister's plight was such. That I took it upon myself to serve as his ambassador.
All I ask is that, when you understand the plight of my people, you try to have more sympathy for our deeds.
Is this the reason for your plight?
That's why poor savages, From early morn till night, Counting their damages, Lament over their plight.
I assure you, my dear fellow, my plight is quite genuine.
You tell me about the lonely plight of a dedicated journalist.
Only education can help us out of our plight.
Oh, plight for a god! Horrible humiliation!
I come to remind you of the Empire's plight!
Well, I'm in an awful plight. - Yeah?
PRIEST: And thereto I plight thee my troth.
JERRY: And thereto I plight thee my troth.
It's the plight of all heroes today.
I will be glad to explain my wife's plight.
I'm a man of understanding, modern, I realize your plight.
Back home he'll tell of his plight.
Our Khazar land's in sorry plight.
This I'll report, dear lady. Have comfort, for I know your plight is pitied Of him that caused it.
Good gracious! What a plight.
Paula and Sam's plight has been attracting nationwide attention.
I told you. You tell me about the lonely plight of a dedicated journalist.

News and current affairs

What should be of greater concern is the potential plight of countries in the last group.
Of course, Afghanistan does not bear sole responsibility for its plight.
The French government's new push to confront the country's economic plight matters not only to France, but to Europe and the world as well.
Some, as usual, will claim that the Arab-Israeli conflict lies at the root of the problems that exist between Islam and the West, and that resolving the Palestinians' plight will contribute immensely to smoother relations.
They are also often more focused on the plight of actual people than on the promotion of grand principles, preferring concrete progress to abstract victory.
After all, the passion that the Palestinians' plight evokes among ordinary Egyptians is a dangerous source of instability.
Mayors across Europe, however, have responded more moderately, feeling and showing solidarity with the plight of their French colleagues.
In Haiti, which still suffers from underdevelopment, political turmoil, and the effects of destructive hurricanes, Ban appointed former US President Bill Clinton as his Special Representative to help deal with the country's plight.
The last thing that Bush's Republicans want is to appear indifferent to the plight of the middle classes.
It demanded an extraordinarily independent and unaccountable central bank that is now running an excessively tight monetary policy, aggravating the plight of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain).
This much is clear: addressing the plight of the world's poorest countries and providing the global public goods needed in this age of globalization requires us to explore innovative ways of raising the necessary financing.
At the same time, we must not allow ourselves to forget the plight of those fleeing the brutality of the Assad regime and Daesh.
His response to the plight of the Yezidis in Iraq has been both cerebral and visceral, and both America and the world are better for it.
The US and Europe reneged on their promise that this would be a round of trade negotiations designed to improve the plight of developing countries.
Outrage about a professor who is not to be messed with is not the best way to discuss the plight of countless, poor, anonymous people, whom most of us find it too easy to ignore.
But it is condescending to refuse to hold many of them partly responsible for their own plight.
It is time to stop tiptoeing around the poorest countries' responsibility to do something essential about their own plight: emancipate their women.
Twenty-first century technologies will offer environmentally benign lifestyles and the resources to ease the plight and enhance the life chances of the world's two billion poorest people.
Yet, the plight of malnourished children in the developing world does not make obesity in the advanced countries any less of a problem.
He has always shown scant regard for his people's plight, and he still expects to get two-thirds or more of the oil and food he needs from China.
The policies put in place by the EU and its member states are directly responsible for the plight of those who die attempting to cross the Mediterranean.
Some argue that the surge in anti-Semitic violence in Europe is motivated primarily by the plight of the Palestinians.

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