adverse circumstance
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In the preface to the novel’s third edition, in 1841, Dickens writes that he “wished to show, in little Oliver, the principle of Good surviving through every adverse circumstance, and triumphing at last.”
From Time ● Jan. 27, 2012
Another adverse circumstance which must be called to mind in such a review is the long period of commercial depression which followed a short period of fictitious prosperity and inflated values.
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
On re-embarking they were furnished with an ample supply of provisions by the kindness of Lieutenant Brownson, and performed the rest of their voyage without adverse circumstance.
From Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Washington Irving
I mean that you will go to her and not allow hope to die out of your breast; you will go as a brave girl should, making the best of what seems an adverse circumstance.
From A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School by L. T. Meade
I struggled against the impulse, but I was drawn back, through every difficult and adverse circumstance, as by a mighty engine.
From Barnaby Rudge: a tale of the Riots of 'eighty by Charles Dickens
