The phrase "a misery that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a description or explanation of a specific type of suffering or distress.
Example: "She described her experience as a misery that lingered long after the event had passed."
Alternatives: "a suffering that" or "a distress that".
The cyclone was merely a spectacular addition to a misery that is endemic.
As she tells her fellow-students all about Algeria, "she laughs as she talks, as if she hadn't just treated them all to a misery that would have broken saints".
For those on the Western Front, daily life was miserable, but it was a misery that was shared by enemies who were, in some places, separated by 50 yards (46 metres) or less.
The battle for Aleppo may mark a military turning point, but for Aleppo's remaining residents, it marks only an intensification of a misery that seems to go unheeded by the international community.
The usual dog-eat-dog scenario in the Western Conference may mean that the Shield is far from a certainty, but with the traumatic memories of last season's run-in still fresh (a misery that was compounded on the turf at Providence Park in the playoffs), this was the perfect moment and perfect venue for the Sounders to steady themselves, and for their stars to come good again.
I was 11 – by then, I rarely smiled, so immersed was I in a misery that seemed endless, but I couldn't help beaming at what'd been achieved.
— A bracing wave of Arctic air swept across much of the nation on Wednesday, suddenly turning what had been a relatively mild winter into a shivering misery that has caused several deaths in the Midwest and prompted cities along the Eastern Seaboard to open emergency shelters.
Which brings me to one of several points in the elevator's favor: A shared misery that brought residents together in close quarters at frequent and tedious intervals, it functioned as a major social artery.
In the title story, a writer who now lives in England visits his hometown, Brisbane, and finds there a proliferating vegetation ("unkillably, uncontrollably green") and "an aboriginal misery" that is not necessarily the misery of the aborigines.
Put the kettle on and we'll all have a nice cup of tea!... Unemployment is an endless misery that has got to be constantly palliated, and especially with tea, the Englishman's opium".
It has exacted a toll of misery that would shame the Inquisition and a toll in treasure that would embarrass the Pentagon," Mukasey wrote in a New York Times op-ed article.
