adversity
Example Sentences
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The Lakers have faced adversity all season, but Game 4 will be the ultimate test.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Social media is full of the kinds of existential dread you’d expect from those unaccustomed to such adversity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Experiences such as emotional neglect and other forms of adversity can significantly influence a child's development.
From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026
Sports also teaches how to respond to adversity, and how to accept defeat.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
The wood, Pocock murmured, taught us about survival, about overcoming difficulty, about prevailing over adversity, but it also taught us something about the underlying reason for surviving in the first place.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing adversity
100 SAT Words Beginning with "A"
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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