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
As for the Master Plan for Aging, there’s been progress but also uncertainty about steady funding streams, particularly given current state budget miseries, and there’s no guarantee the plan will be prioritized by future governors.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 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
“You cannot blame British newspapers for the miseries heaped on the Prince and Princess of Wales,” columnist Hugo Rifkind wrote in The Times of London.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024
At the time I wasn’t even aware I was sick: any symptom, any fever or pain, was drowned by the clamor of my more immediate miseries.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
