| The most common symptom of paranoia is the belief that someone or something is persecuting you. |
| Like their persecuting predecessors, they mistakenly believed that consciences could be forced in ceremonial and other inessential matters. |
| Politicians are wary of persecuting such well-disciplined gatherings and the police have largely stayed their hand. |
| He was only too willing to believe, that he might find excuse for harrying and persecuting. |
| I hope that you and the people will reserve judgment on me until the newspaper is done persecuting me. |
| We are not in the business of persecuting our members because the state considers someone guilty. |
