Plight
noun
A bad, difficult, or sad situation.
The plight of the homeless is a growing concern in the city.
Often appears as...
- human plight
- desperate plight
noun
An oath or promise.
He made a plight to always tell the truth.
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Formal
Archaic
verb
To give a promise or pledge.
He plighted his word to protect her.
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Formal
Archaic
noun
A narrow piece of cloth or paper for binding something.
She tied her dress with a plight of blue ribbon.
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Rare
noun
A bad, difficult, or sad situation.
The plight of the homeless is a growing concern in the city.
Often appears as...
- human plight
- desperate plight
noun
An oath or promise.
He made a plight to always tell the truth.
Usage tips
Formal
Archaic
verb
To give a promise or pledge.
He plighted his word to protect her.
Usage tips
Formal
Archaic
noun
A narrow piece of cloth or paper for binding something.
She tied her dress with a plight of blue ribbon.
Usage tips
Rare
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Pro Tip 1/3Common Social Issues
Use 'plight' when discussing social problems that affect people deeply.
The documentary highlighted the plight of child laborers.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Plight' carries emotional impact, suggesting empathy for those in trouble.
Her speech focused on the plight of war refugees.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal Troubles
Avoid using 'plight' for minor personal issues. It's for serious, widespread problems.
NGOs are addressing the plight of water scarcity.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Social Issues
Use 'plight' when discussing social problems that affect people deeply.
The documentary highlighted the plight of child laborers.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Plight' carries emotional impact, suggesting empathy for those in trouble.
Her speech focused on the plight of war refugees.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal Troubles
Avoid using 'plight' for minor personal issues. It's for serious, widespread problems.
NGOs are addressing the plight of water scarcity.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Social Issues
Use 'plight' when discussing social problems that affect people deeply.
The documentary highlighted the plight of child laborers.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
'Plight' carries emotional impact, suggesting empathy for those in trouble.
Her speech focused on the plight of war refugees.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Personal Troubles
Avoid using 'plight' for minor personal issues. It's for serious, widespread problems.
NGOs are addressing the plight of water scarcity.
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How do vitamins work? -...
to keep functioning. They're the body's builders, defenders and maintenance workers, helping it to build muscle and bone, make use of nutrients, capture and use energy and heal wounds. If you need convincing about vitamin value, just consider the plight of olden day sailors,
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Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
And hopefully, you know, people learning more about them and their plights and how endangered they are they may go some way of, you know, of helping preserve the Red Panda for many years to come. There's a few questions that surprised me. Yeah, why do red pandas eat grapes?
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Does money make you...
Paul And as the game went on, one of the really interesting and dramatic patterns that we observed begin to emerge was that the rich players actually started to become ruder toward the other person -- less and less sensitive to the plight of those poor, poor players,
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Does stress cause...
Special chemicals called stress hormones run through your body, giving you more oxygen and power to run away from danger or to face it and fight for your life, hence the term "fight or flight." But when you don't fight, or take flight, you face the plight.
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The pattern behind...
influences what you tend to see. And you see the lamp here, I know. Because the lights on here. Of course, thanks to the environmentalist movement we're all sensitive to the plight of marine mammals. So what you see in this particular ambiguous figure
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Being Joseph Pulitzer PIPE...
it is the world to me I've heard of it before our time the newspapers were trifles for rich people only they never told the plight of the regular people in the world working-class people that people who strive and struggle I come
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The urgent need for...
by a history of racial inequality and injustice it compromises us it constrains us we have been infected by the racial injustice that we have tolerated the plight of indigenous people who are the victims of a genocide
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The myth of the original...
But upon seeing the weaver’s beauty, the cowherd forgot his routine. While he longed to introduce himself, his lonely lifestyle had made him timid. Thankfully, the bull saw his friend's plight and offered some advice.
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
but the princess saw he was not at peace. After talking for hours, Satyavan told her of his plight. His parents had once been wealthy rulers, until his father was blinded and overthrown in a violent coup.
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An honest look at the...
and no husband to back me up. Months of slow pay and no pay have decimated my credit. Bill collectors call constantly, reading verbatim from a script before expressing polite sympathy for my plight
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How do vitamins work? -...
to keep functioning. They're the body's builders, defenders and maintenance workers, helping it to build muscle and bone, make use of nutrients, capture and use energy and heal wounds. If you need convincing about vitamin value, just consider the plight of olden day sailors,
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Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
And hopefully, you know, people learning more about them and their plights and how endangered they are they may go some way of, you know, of helping preserve the Red Panda for many years to come. There's a few questions that surprised me. Yeah, why do red pandas eat grapes?
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Does money make you...
Paul And as the game went on, one of the really interesting and dramatic patterns that we observed begin to emerge was that the rich players actually started to become ruder toward the other person -- less and less sensitive to the plight of those poor, poor players,
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Does stress cause...
Special chemicals called stress hormones run through your body, giving you more oxygen and power to run away from danger or to face it and fight for your life, hence the term "fight or flight." But when you don't fight, or take flight, you face the plight.
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The pattern behind...
influences what you tend to see. And you see the lamp here, I know. Because the lights on here. Of course, thanks to the environmentalist movement we're all sensitive to the plight of marine mammals. So what you see in this particular ambiguous figure
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Being Joseph Pulitzer PIPE...
it is the world to me I've heard of it before our time the newspapers were trifles for rich people only they never told the plight of the regular people in the world working-class people that people who strive and struggle I come
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The urgent need for...
by a history of racial inequality and injustice it compromises us it constrains us we have been infected by the racial injustice that we have tolerated the plight of indigenous people who are the victims of a genocide
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The myth of the original...
But upon seeing the weaver’s beauty, the cowherd forgot his routine. While he longed to introduce himself, his lonely lifestyle had made him timid. Thankfully, the bull saw his friend's plight and offered some advice.
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Savitri and Satyavan:...
but the princess saw he was not at peace. After talking for hours, Satyavan told her of his plight. His parents had once been wealthy rulers, until his father was blinded and overthrown in a violent coup.
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An honest look at the...
and no husband to back me up. Months of slow pay and no pay have decimated my credit. Bill collectors call constantly, reading verbatim from a script before expressing polite sympathy for my plight
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Sixto Rodriguez
American Musician
I know I did 'Establishment Blues,' and I said 'This is not a song it's an outburst' and I'd play it, I never did describe it as a rant - R-A-N-T - but the thing is it's exactly that. Sometimes it sounds like that, but there's a lot out there on the everyday man, on the plight of the little guy.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
I think that the world has largely ignored Belize and the political situation and the plight of its people because it's one of the smallest countries and, in terms of the world economy, one of the least significant.
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Robert J. Bentley
American Politician
I am concerned about the plight of the working poor... If doctors are not paid for seeing those patients, doctors will not go to rural Alabama because you can't expect a doctor to go to rural Alabama and lose money.
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David Cameron
British Politician
If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises.
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Ryan Phillippe
American Actor
LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
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Andrew Gross
American Author
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
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Alexander McQueen
English Designer
It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
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CeeLo Green
American Musician
I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.
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Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
As an Iranian woman and activist, Sotoudeh's plight resonated with me on a deeply personal level.
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Tom Hayden
American Politician
The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
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Sixto Rodriguez
American Musician
I know I did 'Establishment Blues,' and I said 'This is not a song it's an outburst' and I'd play it, I never did describe it as a rant - R-A-N-T - but the thing is it's exactly that. Sometimes it sounds like that, but there's a lot out there on the everyday man, on the plight of the little guy.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
I think that the world has largely ignored Belize and the political situation and the plight of its people because it's one of the smallest countries and, in terms of the world economy, one of the least significant.
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Robert J. Bentley
American Politician
I am concerned about the plight of the working poor... If doctors are not paid for seeing those patients, doctors will not go to rural Alabama because you can't expect a doctor to go to rural Alabama and lose money.
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David Cameron
British Politician
If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises.
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Ryan Phillippe
American Actor
LA can be a very open and accepting creative environment. But it is important, because there is this odd separation here, it is important to make your kids mindful of other people and other people's plight.
Quote examples
Andrew Gross
American Author
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth.
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Alexander McQueen
English Designer
It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.
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CeeLo Green
American Musician
I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.
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Nazanin Boniadi
British Actress
As an Iranian woman and activist, Sotoudeh's plight resonated with me on a deeply personal level.
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Tom Hayden
American Politician
The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
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