But her marriage to the singer Bobby Brown — which was, at one point, documented in a Bravo reality television series, "Being Bobby Brown" — grew miserable, and in the 2000s, her singles slipped from the top 10.
The family is securely "lower-upper-middle class," to borrow a notion from George Orwell; but Brad has grown miserable about his life, and, especially, about his place in the world.
As he charts his arduous journey through Africa by bus, truck, ferry, train and bush taxi, the author grows increasingly miserable and scathing in his critiques of all he encounters.
One night, I had grown so miserable about the bathroom that my fastidiousness overwhelmed my fury.
"I grew so miserable and sick of myself that I fled into the park".
At first he wasn't aware of it, embarking on a series of crude images about an imaginary near-eponymous family he called "the Fishers," whose story grew increasingly miserable.
She would often interrupt him when he was working, and the two grew increasingly miserable throughout the twenties.
"Is growing up always miserable?" Sonny asks Sam.
Zimbabwe's situation is growing ever more miserable.Another UN agency, the World Food Programme, reckons that 4m Zimbabweans about one-third of the remaining population will need food aid by next year.
I still feel bad for the hurt I caused, and I have, on occasion, missed his kindness, but I remain convinced that our marriage would have grown biter and miserable.
