I'll defy the pride which persecutes her, and the pitiless suspicion which insults her and me.
She persecutes me," he thought within himself, "and she comes to me with the air of a martyr.
Angel visits may be expected when Antichrist persecutes the Christian to bonds and imprisonment.
Then will be a golden world; wickedness shall then be ashamed, especially that which persecutesthe church.
Toleration enemy of that fanaticism whichpersecutes for opinion's sake, 160-l.
Machabees Chapter 1 The reign of Alexander and his successors: Antiochus rifles and profanes the temple of God: and persecutes unto death all that will not forsake the law of God, and the religion of their fathers.
Machabees Chapter 6 Antiochus commands the law to be abolished, sets up an idol in the temple, and persecutes the faithful.
Let no persecutor of the Jew lay the unction to his soul that he is justified by the tragedy of Golgotha; for he whopersecutes in the name of religion is a spiritual barbarian, an intellectual savage.
And an unfortunate one," replied Gines, "for misfortune always persecutes good wit.
As a white cat, as the moon, it protects innocent animals; as a black cat, as the dark night, it persecutes them.
They are separated, and one delivers the other in the legends inspired by the good genie of man, as in others inspired by his evil genie, one persecutes and deceives the other.
The churchpersecutes the living, and her God burns the dead.
Why is it that England persecutes Ireland even unto this day?
The King forbids them to preach; then, he persecutes them and us.
My uncle and I quitted France,--the France that persecutes and harasses us, that desires the destruction of our family and the forcible union of our territory with her own.
The heretical Constantius persecutes Athanasius; and why not?
The orthodox Theodosius persecutes the Arians, and with equal reason.
The ghost of the victim persecutes him, or actually cleaves to him like a miasma; and he must undergo rites of purification to get rid of the infection.
This Red Gruagach is apparently the father of the aunt who so persecutes Manus.
He importunes, persecutes one, and levies a regular tax on all travellers.
Often I am horrified myself when I think of my responsibility; for the Government persecutes us, and the absurd legislation that rules us is a veritable Damocles' sword over our heads.
Russia (as is well known) taking religion as a political tool, persecutes the Roman Catholics, and indeed the Greeks and Jews, in such a manner that the heart of man must revolt against it.
Terror spreads over Europe, andpersecutes by way of anticipation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "persecutes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
