"create misery" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
An example of using "create misery" in a sentence could be: "The dictator's actions only served to create misery for his people, leading to widespread protests and civil unrest."
See articleA bomb presumed to have been planted by Boko Haram, an extreme Islamist group that has terrorised northern Nigeria for several years, killed 21 people in Abuja, the capital, in the heart of the country, proving that it can create misery farther afield.
Too many leaders and too many men to maneuver on a confined battlefield spelled trouble, as did the very same weather that would create misery in World War I. Torrential rains turned the battlefield into a quagmire that doomed horses and men weighed down by suits of armor.
When the Christie allies shut down the lanes in order to create misery among drivers — misery that, they hoped, would be turned to anger at the mayor of Fort Lee, a Christie non-supporter — the deed injected deliberate malice into the everyday headaches of getting back and forth.
He has five blank hours of programming to fill every week, fifty-one weeks a year, and if ever the thought arises that he may at last have plumbed the very deepest well of human misery he must push that thought aside and create misery anew... "As the World Turns" has been on the air continuously since Eisenhower was President and television was just a few years old.
They are not the only things that create misery in this country.
North Korea could create misery and destruction, but South Korea would easily handle another attempted invasion.
The second-home market creates misery for people in St Ives by pushing up house prices artificially.
"It interferes with their thinking, feeling and behaviour and creates misery for themselves and those around them".
Obama meant that austerity "doesn't work — it creates misery, and it's self-perpetuating, and it's self-defeating".
Destroying the order of the division by game-planning, making in-game adjustments and creating misery for Peyton Manning, Rob Johnson, Vinny Testaverde and the rest of the division's quarterbacks.
He added: "President Obama's policies have slowed the recovery and created misery for 24 million Americans who are unemployed, or stuck in part-time jobs when what they really want is full-time work".
