Example Sentences

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"You have the trials and the tribulations, you win some, you lose some, you make progress, you sometimes have setbacks, but you have made it, and this day we've made it," added the CEO.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The late P-22 — a celebrity mountain lion that inhabited Griffith Park – personified the tribulations facing his kind.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

“No matter the trials and tribulations he faced in life, he was constant in his generosity and love for his family,” his children said in a press release.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

The character of Bridget Jones went straight to many women's hearts, who took comfort in her trials and tribulations.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Of course, provided we survived whatever tribulations we were about to face, I could always go and find my parents in a few decades, once they were born—but what would be the point?

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs