adversities

Example Sentences

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Throughout our conversation, she doesn’t shy away from explaining her life’s adversities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2025

A study conducted at the University of Turku in Finland shows that investment by maternal grandmothers can improve the well-being of grandchildren who have faced adversities in life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

“This is a story of 45 individuals providing a window through which we can observe how they endured major adversities and built a society where compassion and mercy prevailed.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

More women are having children later, and the age-related decline of the body leads to more adversities, complications, and, occasionally, even death during pregnancy and childbirth.

From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023

After the movie, we listened to a panel of successful people who had overcome adversities.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers