Sentence examples for pockets of misery from inspiring English sources

Of course, these are pockets of misery in a huge continent.

Still, I persevered in mining the city for its pockets of misery.

Territorial expansion, when there is a lack of resources to provide adequate infrastructure, ends up creating pockets of misery.

Today the region has pockets of misery, but Kazan is among the more prosperous of Russia's cities.

The hurricanes have struck all 10 of Haiti's regions, and by knocking out bridges and washing away roads they have created isolated pockets of misery across the countryside.

The story of the U.S. economy, over the past few decades (leaving aside the current downturn), is one of lots of areas of health and growth and pockets of misery where people haven't benefited.

The prices drew some criticism, from Harrison for one, even if it was accepted that the proceeds were going to those in desperate need – or, as Beatles Forever author Nicholas Schaffner wrote in 1977, to "a nation still viewed as the worst pocket of misery on earth".

Meanwhile, though most of the region has returned to something akin to a normal life, there are still pockets of deep misery in New York City and along the Jersey Shore, where people still struggle without power and basic needs, the NYT writes.

Tim Sherwood wanders onto the pitch, hands in pockets, a picture of misery and despair.

And even among the "successful" Asian economies, great pockets of poverty, illiteracy and misery remain.

For these owner-operators, whose expenses come out of their own pockets, life has become a faucet of misery with no stopcock.