Sentence examples for silent misery from inspiring English sources

We sat in silent misery in a nearby pub.

There are increasing numbers of vulnerable older people living in silent misery with no help.

Yes, the characters still drink in silent misery, but Le Havre is also an astonishing affirmation of the power of love.

The proof of this is everywhere from the staggering disparity in income levels for senior executives and all other workers; to the disproportionately large price paid by the middle class and poor during times of economic crisis; to the silent misery of indentured servitude that exists in Corporate America.

This home of ours is quick to remind us that it owes us nothing, that it will burden, that it will take up space, that it will make us uncomfortable, that it will lean its weight on us day in and day out until we shatter and nothing is left but silent misery.

"Never," he tells the narrator, "should his generation have kept silent about such misery, merely because its own sense of guilt was so overwhelming, merely because for years the need to accept responsibility and show remorse took precedence, with the result that they abandoned the topic to the right wing.

But as the United States has ratcheted up pressure on Baghdad, Arab voices -- politicians, intellectuals, businessmen and students -- have remained largely silent about the miseries Mr. Hussein has inflicted on his people and the threat his weapons might pose.

It's not so much a mournful prayer as a silent hope for better health, or less misery for someone.

As monsoon rains bring added misery, whole towns and villages still stand burned, roofless and silent, devastated by the rampage of destruction that followed East Timor's vote last August to end 24 years of Indonesian occupation.

The Ex-Files by Pete Johnson (Puffin, £5.99) Being dumped, as any teenager knows, spells solitary nights of misery and endless hours spent hovering over a silent phone.

The show included a silent film based on a story he wrote, a melodrama of surpassing misery and tedium, ending with the murder-suicide of a young boy and an old woman.