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

That unfamiliarity also means these men have no idea what’s in store for them, or what actions will trigger a Housewife’s past miseries.

From Salon • May 5, 2025

“You cannot blame British newspapers for the miseries heaped on the Prince and Princess of Wales,” columnist Hugo Rifkind wrote in The Times of London.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

This was only the beginning of Billy’s miseries in the metaphor.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut