Sentence examples for tough misery from inspiring English sources
Homesick, desperate, corrupt and suffocated by the tough misery of a mining community, they no longer know who they are, any morals they once had diluted by drink and despair.
The commission, set up by the Lancet medical journal and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, finds that tough drugs laws have caused misery, failed to curb drug use, fuelled violent crime and spread the epidemics of HIV and hepatitis C through unsafe injecting.
The Dardenne brothers make films about hard times and tough choices, balancing so much human misery against soul-stirring acts of kindness.
Of course, we're going through a tough time right now, but we can't wallow in out misery.
Having the tough conversation is ultimately better than living with the energy-sapping misery of resentment or misunderstanding.
The current crop of post-Soviet leaders has also skillfully played upon fears of instability and misery in the wake of the 1990's, knowing that when times are tough, people often prefer authoritarian order to cacophonous democracy.
In tough economic times, the advertising-biz drama "Mad Men" is offering beleaguered Americans heaping helpings of other people's misery.
Her misery creates more misery.
