How to use "plight" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "plight" in popular movie and book plots

  • Childress is so distracted by Eve that he forgets about the plight of the Enterprise.  - Mudd's Women
  • While Artemis Fowl I's plight plays out above ground, the Lower Elements Police of the fairy realm are having their own problems.  - Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident
  • Murakami reflects on Yusa's plight and on the parallels between him and the criminal.  - Stray Dog (film)
  • When this town is again in need of a hero, their citizens' plight allows Dilvish the passage he needed to escape from Hell.  - Dilvish, the Damned
  • Gerald feels responsible for Dollie's plight and for those of his children.  - Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
  • French intelligence agents use Fielding's plight to manipulate Mrs Fielding into spying for them.  - Treason's Harbour
  • In 2003, for example, Ensler wrote a new monologue, called Under the Burqa, about the plight of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.  - The Vagina Monologues
  • Kercadiou tells him of the plight of Aline and Plougastel in Paris.  - Scaramouche (novel)
  • Krishna Rao takes his plight to Shiva; Shiva agrees to help in return for muscle, and Krishna Reddy provides this by calling upon the workers.  - Shiva (1990 film)
  • However, the future perspective of the scholar Meredith deepens the tragic plight of Everhard and her revolutionary comrades.  - The Iron Heel
  • The perceived prejudice contributes to Roedel's sympathy to the plight faced by Holt, a former slave coping with racism.  - Ride with the Devil (film)
  • He is one of the few aristocrats who care about the plight of the peasants.  - Ridicule
  • Christian is kind but vague, and ultimately uninterested in individuals, preferring to focus on the plight of the working class.  - The Pursuit of Love
  • Felix Hoenikker's reason to create this substance was to aid in the military's plight of wading through mud and swamp areas while fighting.  - Cat's Cradle
  • Dude is shamed by his plight and takes out his anger on Chance, knocking him out with an ax handle.  - Rio Bravo (film)
  • Undercover Klansmen spies discover Elsie's plight when she breaks a window and cries out for help, and the Klansmen go to get help.  - The Birth of a Nation

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