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

When men are thinking and working together in a binding association, they will seek an outlet for their excess spirits, and will join together in play, even under the most adverse circumstance.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense

Religion, laws, are old—that is, so much achieved and victorious truth, wrung from adverse circumstance by heroic men who beat the world and left their work in evidence.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

This alone prevailed over his reluctant nature, his protesting affections, and his adverse circumstance.

From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir

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 Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)