miseries

Example Sentences

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No wonder mud became “shorthand for the miseries of poverty,” Ms. Ziegelman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Perhaps most painful among the nurses’ many miseries is their isolation: the secrets they keep in hopes of sparing their loved ones an iota of extra suffering.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Mr Maneshinde said Chakraborty went through "untold miseries" and was jailed "for no fault of hers".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2025

Nevertheless, he argued, what other top-rated TV series would give airtime and weight to the miseries of the overlooked and downtrodden without painting them as villains?

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

‘Benedict Mady, you a fine doctor. How come I get them miseries sometime in the small of my back after I been digging and planting for a good while? How come that misery bother me?’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers