Sentence examples for extent of misery from inspiring English sources

"The numbers hide the true extent of misery for prisoners and families – and for staff, who have been given the impossible task of keeping people safe in overcrowded prisons starved of resources.

In the Dialogues Hume opens his discussion of the problem of evil by having Philo (the sceptic) run through a long catalogue of the variety and extent of misery and suffering in this world.

Judged by the extent of human misery, Japan's recession is mild compared with that in America in the 1930s.

Statistics can never reveal the full extent of the misery endured by each and every one of the individuals who are poisoned, cut open or infected with diseases, but this year's report does give us a somewhat clearer picture.

A quick glance at the chart on page 50 shows the extent of tax misery in most of Europe.

But hoping that the extent of human misery is not so widespread is not the same as proving that it is.

The extent of their misery has attracted worldwide media attention.

There's a bit where the music slows down and someone recounts in obtuse terms some deep horror that happened at the end of their last relationship, that you realise the true extent of human misery, that we tear anyone willing to be intimate with us down to the fragile tissue and then just leave them out there, fully exposed.

© Picture: Agerpres _ 2638872 On the ground, an idea of the destruction Statistics do not reflect the full extent of the misery of any disaster.

UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia visits relief camps in Pakistan SUKKUR, Pakistan, 20 August 2010 – The extent of the misery and devastation caused by Pakistan's recent flooding is unprecedented, said UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Daniel Toole after visiting the area this week.

By Raabya Amjab SUKKUR, Pakistan, 20 August 2010 – The extent of the misery and devastation caused by Pakistan's recent flooding is unprecedented, said UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia Daniel Toole after visiting the area this week.