Sentence examples for harsh circumstance from inspiring English sources

The gangster in these movies is a man whose response to harsh circumstance is brutal and ultimately doomed.

But there are a number of stories here that show Proulx at her marvellous best, uncovering the slow, dull traditions of small-town life as they are exposed to harsh circumstance and intrusive modernity.

Almost all the protagonists of these films face harsh circumstances.

Fairytales pit harsh circumstances against a fantasy world.

Offshore detention with increased isolation in remote and harsh circumstances exaggerates that adversity.

Fear of being resented for living under less harsh circumstances than others and for shirking their war duty.

Despite the harsh circumstances in which Stasiuk's protagonists find themselves, however, their humanity is never compromised.

For all its diagnostic insight of political ruin, the film evokes inner complexities that defy harsh circumstances with a virtually literary exaltation.

In the main it reflects the sense of fatalism that was probably needed if the harsh circumstances of Bedouin life in the desert were to be endured.

Though initially interested in pediatric care, he switched his focus to obstetrics and gynecology after observing the harsh circumstances that many rural women faced while giving birth.

The film, about Billy Casper, a neglected working-class 15-year-old who finds solace training a kestrel, was a gentle drama about harsh circumstances.