How to Use misery in a Sentence

misery

noun

• The last years of her life were a misery.
• The war brought misery to thousands of refugees.
• Stop being such a misery.
• They were living in overcrowded slums in conditions of great misery.
• In the last year, Jon has brought me a lot of pain and misery.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
• With all the misery around him, Miguel Chavez, 26, caught a lucky break.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
• The misery cranks up soon enough on No. 3, the shortest par-4 hole.
  — Alan Blinder Doug Mills Chris O’Riley, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• We’re stuck in the idea of the victim and social misery.
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• Lavrov was still stuck — and the months after his friends got out were a blur of misery.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
• One catch at the wall from wiping away some of the misery in St. Pete.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2023
• But the storm is only the latest misery to befall the town.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• The blue line held steady and, at times, spiked into mountains of misery.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• The stench is like an accent on this form of human misery.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 May 2023
• Record or not, that likely means a lot of bathroom misery across the US now and in the coming weeks.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2023
• There will be moments when one wonders if all of the misery was for naught.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Apr. 2023
• Vast tent camps have sprung up in the south, where heavy rain in recent days has worsened the misery.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• The first month of me learning the accordion, her life must have been misery.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
• The heat wave causing misery this weekend is just the latest to punish the U.S. this year.
  — Juan Lozano, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2023
• The doc followed the miseries of two Finnish girls, one of whom never recovered from the gig.
  — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
• Soccer was now a symbol of hope amid the misery of conflict.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• And this is to say nothing of the misery of trying to get a good night’s sleep in a stuffy and uncomfortable room.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
• Although the mercury was lower elsewhere in the country, the misery has still been great.
  — Leily Nikounazar, New York Times, 23 July 2023
• The quake piled more misery on a region that has seen tremendous suffering over the past decade.
  — Suzan Fraser, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2023
• Your dad will have his miseries and ailments with or without you.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• And many of us know the kind of mixed-up grief, edged with relief, that comes when the misery of someone very ill finally ends.
  — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
• Wading boots that are a little too big aren’t ideal, but ones that are too small are pure misery.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Seattle snapped its four-game losing streak and added to Chicago’s misery away from home.
  — Tim Booth, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• On a sunny spring day, the view from here can make the misery of a Bostonian winter feel worthwhile.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
• Texas was among the hottest places on Earth last week as a heat wave brought misery from Mexico to Florida.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 July 2023
• But scientists haven’t been sure as to why the misery occurs—until now.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune Well, 16 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024