adversities

Example Sentences

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Throughout our conversation, she doesn’t shy away from explaining her life’s adversities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2025

The more different types of childhood adversities individuals experienced, the higher the risk was of receiving a psychiatric diagnosis later in life.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2024

“This is a story of 45 individuals providing a window through which we can observe how they endured major adversities and built a society where compassion and mercy prevailed.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

While I was guiding troubled young people, helping them overcome the adversities in their lives, my son was left without my guidance when he needed me most.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2023

After the movie, we listened to a panel of successful people who had overcome adversities.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers