travails

Example Sentences

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Himadri Roy, an associate professor at the School of Gender and Development Studies, just published a book, Travails of Entrapment, featuring a gay love story.

From Newsweek • Nov. 26, 2012

The Market Travails of an ambitious Turkish trader.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2010

Suffered the Indignities and Travails of this World for 42 Years, 4 Months, 9 Days, and went to Rest at Last February 12,1884.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

And therefore doe unanimously Approve of their Carriage and return them hearty thanks for their great Pains and Travails in that Employment.

From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

Dying, forlorn, in dreary sorrow, Wrapping the mists round her withering form, Day sinks down; and in darkness to-morrow Travails to birth in the womb of the storm.

From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Lowell, Amy