miseries

Example Sentences

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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

It’s possible artificial intelligence won’t usher us into obsolescence before it joins us in tuning out the miseries inherent to existing.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

The miseries and triumphs of Greenfield’s life exemplified the classic tale of immigration to America.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2024

‘Benedict Mady, you a fine doctor. How come I get them miseries sometime in the small of my back after I been digging and planting for a good while? How come that misery bother me?’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers