On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Misery. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as wretchedness or sadness and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Misery in a sentence
Misery meaning
- Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
- A bodily ache or pain.
- Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
Synonyms of Misery
Using Misery
- The main meaning on this page is: Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. | A bodily ache or pain. | Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune.
- Useful related words include: wretchedness, miserableness, ill-being, sadness.
- In the example corpus, misery often appears in combinations such as: the misery, misery on, of misery.
Context around Misery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misery
- In this selection, "misery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, piles, upon, human, lots, ride and inducing stand out and add context to how "misery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and misery loves company and and the misery is that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misery" sits close to words such as breaches, goddess and influencer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And misery loves company. (4 words)
Everything in between was just misery on top of misery. (10 words)
An island of misery, or the tip of an iceberg? (10 words)
A big part of the aforementioned depravity manifests itself by our leaving our spiritual car doors unlocked, the driver’s seat open, and the car running, available to whoever wants to take it for a joy (or misery) ride. (39 words)
Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank, stands accused of dereliction of duty after announcing an increase in the base lending rate that will cause financial misery for homebuyers and could tip struggling small businesses over the edge. (38 words)
But not by those who make an easy living out of the misery of others, or politicians who rely on extreme poverty and deprivation to create vote banks they need at election time out of desperate people. (37 words)
An island of misery, or the tip of an iceberg? (10 words)
But watching the play made me wonder: was there anyone who feel something in the face of such misery and brutality? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
The defection of former leadership challenger ’s Alba Party piles misery on top of misery for First Minister Humza Yousaf.
Everything in between was just misery on top of misery.
It is my responsibility to teach people this misery and the misery is that there are anointing of blessing of the world and that of the heaven.
When misery is piled upon misery, you look for resistance, some spark of rebellion, but aside from their outbursts of violence, this family can only bemoan their lot.
Not fixing your misery — lots of companies want to fix stuff — but seeing your misery.
In later editions of his essay, Malthus clarified his view that if society relied on human misery to limit population growth, then sources of misery (e.
A big part of the aforementioned depravity manifests itself by our leaving our spiritual car doors unlocked, the driver’s seat open, and the car running, available to whoever wants to take it for a joy (or misery) ride.
A dazed middle class suffered ruin, as the International Monetary Fund insisted that the government make misery-inducing budget cuts in exchange for a bailout.
After a brief respite, another storm was expected to barrel into the state in a few days, adding to the misery of the state's residents.
Analysis by University of Melbourne economists Guay Lim and Sam Tsiaplias shows Australia’s misery index is now just short of the point reached early in the global financial crisis.
And misery loves company.
Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank, stands accused of dereliction of duty after announcing an increase in the base lending rate that will cause financial misery for homebuyers and could tip struggling small businesses over the edge.
And singing my good fortune just compounded my misery with guilt.
An island of misery, or the tip of an iceberg?
As a result, when armchair misery mongers decried Bridgwater in the pages of ‘The Knowhere Guide’ it was Strummer who jumped to our defence.
Beneath the bustle, stories of struggle and misery abound, with women and girls frequently being the most vulnerable due to poverty, violence, and opportunity gaps.
But not by those who make an easy living out of the misery of others, or politicians who rely on extreme poverty and deprivation to create vote banks they need at election time out of desperate people.
But the misery will continue into next week, as levels are forecast to remain 'very high' across the whole of England and Wales.
But watching the play made me wonder: was there anyone who feel something in the face of such misery and brutality?
Charles is said to have begged his sons not to make his final years 'a misery'- something Harry seems to have ignored.
Common combinations with misery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the misery 31×
- misery on 19×
- of misery 19×
- misery for 19×
- and misery 18×
- misery and 16×
- misery of 11×
- more misery 10×
- misery is 8×
- human misery 8×