Sentence examples for one misery from inspiring English sources

Only one misery could beat a bankrupt Pittsburgh: a bankrupt Pittsburgh without its sports teams.

"After 1975 [when the communists took over], life went from one misery to the next".

Dick Van Dyke also starred as her Cockney street artist pal Bert and together, they help counter pre-World War One misery with a healthy dose of optimism (and a fair few sing-a-longs).

As Sir Walter Scott put it: "The one misery of keeping a dog is his dying too soon, but to be sure if he lived for 50 years and then died, what would become of me?" Resident BBC adventurer Ben Fogle knows as much as any dog lover the value of a pet's companionship and indeed the ability for our four-legged friends to break hearts.

Man handing on misery to man, one Nos balloon at a time.

Because this clay is extracted and transmuted and shaped into luxury items, De Waal is concerned also with ownership; and the undertow is one of misery and forced labour on the part of those who will never own anything much.

"What the film is dealing with is, on the one side, sexual misery and, on the other, social misery," says Rampling.

The people of Lui began noticing it about a decade ago, but to them it was just one more misery.

Axe The most excruciating wait to be put out of one's misery is when a beleaguered manager (or boss, for these purposes) faces the axe.

Suffragettes in Silent Film, £2,265 from nine sites The Big Knights, £1,242 from 8 sites Brand: A Second Coming, £420 from one site Misery Loves Comedy, £65 from one site Thanks to Rentrak.

Work is often, at best, a source of boredom; at worst, one of misery and dread.