adversity
Example Sentences
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Adversity creates opportunity, though: Investors who thought last month that they had too little foreign exposure can get it on sale now.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
More recently it has been the subject of several bestselling books, including Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy, co-authored by Sheryl Sandberg, who was previously chief operating officer at Meta.
From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025
“There’s disappointment. … Adversity happens in life. And we’re going to get an opportunity in life to continue to attack and move forward.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025
I am a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the University of Colorado, where I founded and direct the Stress, Trauma, Adversity Research and Treatment Center.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023
Adversity was like a key in the lock for me.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing adversity
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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