misery
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Stylish in his misery, he is impeccably clad in a black suit and looks like a cross between Marcello Mastroianni in “8 1/2” and John Travolta in “Pulp Fiction.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
They agreed that being exactly right all of the time wasn’t worth the misery of waiting so long to witness a goal—and then being robbed of that moment of ecstasy when it gets overturned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions,” she later noted, “and not upon our circumstances.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
In a statement on Sunday, the Editors Guild of India said Rajagopal's case "highlights the misery that millions of Indians are being put through" because of the SIR exercise.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Hurry up, then, and put us out of our misery, I said silently to the haint.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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
The manuscript that shared her story with the world quoted her as promising to “hear all their cries ... and remedy all their miseries, sorrows, and pains.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
The miseries and triumphs of Greenfield’s life exemplified the classic tale of immigration to America.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
At their first meeting after the estrangement, Bernard poured out the tale of his miseries and accepted consolation.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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