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

She had not merely that, but a buoyant, recuperative, physical nature, which threw off every adverse circumstance as a foreign element.

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.

But her habit was not to sit down under an adverse circumstance, but to probe its source and eradicate it, or, at least, counteract it.

From Halcyone by Glyn, Elinor

Nothing was said during its progress, but when Sarah had finally departed after her first triumph, won under every adverse circumstance of strangeness and limited resources, Carmichael took his aunt's hand and kissed it.

From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian

They draw their moral strength and their ability to contend intelligently against adverse circumstance largely from what is told them by the men who surround them.

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