injustice

Example Sentences

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I remember thinking her diatribe about the injustice of Hester Prynne’s shunning would segue into the cruelties Charles faced with the goal of inspiring someone to defy the blacklist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“All the versions ask, ‘What would you do to protect your family?’ but this also asks, ‘If an injustice was done to somebody, then what are they justified doing in return,’” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

For Mock, pretrial detention—which he likened to Soviet forced-labor prisons—is the foundation of his perceived injustice.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Fernando Cheung, a spokesperson for Amnesty International, said in a statement on Monday that "holding people criminally responsible for peaceful commemoration compounds the injustice suffered by the victims of the Tiananmen crackdown".

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

They are merely honest and call a thing by its name; for there is a very great deal of fraud, injustice, and baseness in the army.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque