The phrase "affect misery" is not commonly used in written English and may not convey a clear meaning.
It could be used in contexts discussing how certain actions or events influence feelings of sadness or distress.
Example: "The constant negativity in the workplace can affect misery among employees, leading to decreased morale."
Alternatives: "influence sadness" or "impact distress".
But here she articulates Justine's sad tales through a narration that's as affected and misery laden as Holden's ragged, ripped-off fiction.
Authentic, affecting calamities (misery, murder, torture, suicide, mass death, like that) multiply in this historical novel set in a microcosm of society in extremis, an English town that quarantines itself in 1665.
Their triumphs and miseries affect the lives of every person in these islands and many overseas.
Her misery affects her children, which I find a very sad result of watching a parent grow old alone.
Their despair and misery affected me in a way I had never experienced before in all my years working with UNHCR.
He made fundamental contributions toward elucidating the role of mutations in genetic disorders, and therefore was aware of the pain the parents of the affected children bear, and the misery that affected children endure.
The colour affords such needed respite from the misery that affects Anna's circumstance, that when Ozon plunges back into darkness, it hurts.
I mean, who even wants to have a wedding these days if your grandmother can't be there because they're taking apart her wheelchair at the airport?" The impetus to part company with one's nectarine-size cocktail rings has apparently touched those across the social spectrum, even those who have been less directly affected by the recent miseries and upheavals.
Bush made an irritated exhalation: "I also make it clear that the misery in Louisiana affected me deeply as well".
Consider the personal misery for those affected, even in areas not traditionally flood-prone like Manchester and Leeds.
