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Travails is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Travails in a sentence

Travails | Travail

Travails meaning

plural of travail

Using Travails

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of travail
  • In the example corpus, travails often appears in combinations such as: travails of, the travails, travails in.

Context around Travails

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Travails

  • In this selection, "travails" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, daily, legal, economic, boyce, aerial and started stand out and add context to how "travails" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include antics bonds travails aerial battles and are the travails of empire. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "travails" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with travails

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Such are the travails of empire. (6 words)

This was only the beginning of Sage’s travails. (9 words)

If Rangnick’s travails are scarcely Ten Hag’s fault, his own record is lamentable. (15 words)

Pat Hartley and Dick Fontaine’s film finds Baldwin recounting his travails through the Civil Rights Movement, from southern cities (Selma, Birmingham, Atlanta) to Newark, all the while arguing progress in a post-Civil Rights era isn’t what it seems. (41 words)

Depicting the daily travails of a lower-middle class Black family in Contagem, in Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais, Martins’ first solo feature, “Mars One,” scored a 2022 Sundance World Dramatic Competition berth and was Brazil’s Oscar entry. (40 words)

Honey’s launched last Thursday, though the restaurant lost power partway through the day and it wasn’t restored until Saturday evening, according to posts on their social media sites, where owner Malcolm Bedell chronicled the new venue’s travails. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

America is following closely the saga of the former president’s legal travails, and that of the current president’s son.

Depicting the daily travails of a lower-middle class Black family in Contagem, in Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais, Martins’ first solo feature, “Mars One,” scored a 2022 Sundance World Dramatic Competition berth and was Brazil’s Oscar entry.

He is expected to refer to the economic travails he is inheriting from outgoing President Alberto Fernández and to announce his first executive actions, including a drastic cut to public spending.

If Rangnick’s travails are scarcely Ten Hag’s fault, his own record is lamentable.

Southampton vs Newcastle United: Southampton get a break from their league travails as they host the first league of the League Cup semi-final.

Such are the travails of empire.

The fiercest of such travails was the bullets that ripped through his stomach in Ado Ekiti on June 1, 2018.

There were family members present – Trump acknowledged son for his own travails in the legal system.

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The show follows the daily travails of Doug Funnie, a sweet kid given to daydreaming who has a crush on his classmate Patty Mayonaise and tries to avoid the bully Roger Klotz.

This was only the beginning of Sage’s travails.

And while it is easy to fixate on their first grade travails, Boyce said 2024 was still a season to celebrate for North Tamworth.

But one particular shot reveals that Ridley Scott seemingly recast the young Lucius, who watched Maximus' travails in the Colosseum from the stands.

Creators John Orloff and John Shiban adapt author Donald L. Miller’s 2006 gripping account of the 100th Bomb Group, cataloging their antics, bonds, travails, aerial battles, heroics and even their love lives.

His travails started on February 26, 1995, soldiers came to his room and pointed rifles at his second Son -Ralph Bello-Fadile.

Honey’s launched last Thursday, though the restaurant lost power partway through the day and it wasn’t restored until Saturday evening, according to posts on their social media sites, where owner Malcolm Bedell chronicled the new venue’s travails.

It’s all very sci-fi, but the premise is quite simple: to rebalance the circadian rhythm disrupted by the travails of city life.

It was almost a master class in acting to see him cope with this travails that befall him, all handled with grace and dexterity.

Later, in a Facebook post, Darby likened her travails to those of Jesus and insisted that she can show pictures of meals she has cooked for her children as proof of her fitness as a mother.

Meanwhile, Mr Ross offered his views on the ongoing travails of the Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde, which has been beset by controversy throughout its construction of two ferries for the west coast network.

Pat Hartley and Dick Fontaine’s film finds Baldwin recounting his travails through the Civil Rights Movement, from southern cities (Selma, Birmingham, Atlanta) to Newark, all the while arguing progress in a post-Civil Rights era isn’t what it seems.

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Common combinations with travails

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "travails" in a sentence?
An example: "America is following closely the saga of the former president’s legal travails, and that of the current president’s son." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "travails" from authentic English texts.
What does "travails" mean?
Travails means: plural of travail
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