Sentence examples similar to miserable land from inspiring English sources

In Ipuwer, a sage addresses an unnamed king and his attendants, describing the miserable state of the land, which he blames on the king's inability to uphold royal virtues.

But Bergman lived and worked in Sweden Sweden!—and still found a way to be miserable in the land of the safety net and political neutrality, and to be symbolic in a land of freedom.

The too-many-gentlemen theory is compelling in Smith's shorthand, "miserable is that Land, where more are idle then well imployed"—but for years historians marshalled evidence in support of a range of provocative explanations, from malaria and typhoid to salt poisoning and the Little Ice Age, and, finally, to the colonists' stubborn preference for planting tobacco to sell instead of corn to eat.

A widower who now lives in an East Side apartment, Mr. Greenspun said the other day that he was miserable, as he put it, "on land".

Europe's new partner on the route to Mars, Russia, has a miserable track record in trying to land craft on the Red Planet.

And in a fitting end to a miserable trip to Atlanta, the Jets landed at Kennedy Airport at 4 30 a.m.

The Dragons went into the break 9-6 asead as Tovey, who had recovered from a miserable night against the Scarlets last week, landed three penalties against two from Morgan.

She looked miserable after her first piece, stepping off the landing strip as she landed her vault, and stalking away grimly.