hard plight
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Mr. Putin has to be aware of the power, for example, of the folk singer Vladimir Vysotsky, who became an underground icon in the 1970s with his songs about the hard plight of ordinary people.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 19, 2018
Quandary, kwon-dā′ri, or kwon′da-ri, n. a state of difficulty or uncertainty: a hard plight.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Wasn't it a hard plight for poor Donald?
From The Story Girl by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
She was filled with commiseration for her own hard plight...
From A College Girl by William H. C. Groome
Some heroes in this hard plight would have thrown up the leek, but Mr Bhosh was stuffed with sterner materials.
From A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee