tribulation

Example Sentences

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They thought they needed to keep themselves spiritually pure to survive the coming tribulation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Like Dickens’ character on that mountaintop, we can all sense the tribulation to come.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

The simple wish of a dignified cremation — a swift completion of the rites soon after death is central to salvation in the Hindu faith — becomes a tribulation.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Hugh and Mary Parsons became a means not just of explaining all things strange in Springfield but also a way of reaffirming what was and wasn’t acceptable behavior in the face of tribulation.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2022

She wondered why there were only two kinds of weather: hardship in the morning, and tribulation at night.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead