miseries
Example Sentences
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But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
No wonder mud became “shorthand for the miseries of poverty,” Ms. Ziegelman writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Apartments, in her view, have spared her from the miseries of suburban housing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
The miseries and triumphs of Greenfield’s life exemplified the classic tale of immigration to America.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024
In all the times I’d imagined the miseries she could inflict on me, I’d never imagined this.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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