Sentence examples for travails can be from inspiring English sources

The source of Roosevelt's travails can be linked directly to decisions made decades ago.

Maybe Tottenham were drained by the trip to Florence, and defeat there, but Liverpool showed on Sunday that such travails can be overcome.

Actually, it's surprisingly hard to pin down exactly how much of Mr. Reed's travails can be pinned on Facebook, because it is surprisingly hard to figure out what happened here.

Understandably, most of our travails throughout the Arab world can be traced right to the Oval Office, whose occupant and his hapless band of neo-warriors have single-handedly played into the hands of America's adversaries throughout the region.

Shopping for clothes in the uncharted netherworld between Forever 21 and Eileen Fisher can be a travail.

Those expecting a substantive look at our school lunch programs won't find it on the menu, but Mr. Oliver's travails in the Huntington, W.Va., system can be entertaining in their own right.

And if any comfort can be found in her city's travails, it is in knowing that Elyria is not alone.

The worst travails of violence, wildfires, extreme heat, and severe drought can be found here, yet in many such moments there is a concomitant experience of being part of a larger whole.

Another interesting contrast can be found when you consider the recent travails of North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan (D).

Ski racing can be a particularly cruel sport, as evidenced by the travails of Lanning, Fisher and Macartney, of Kirkland, Wash., who finished 15th in Saturday's downhill.

Or doesn't he care about the travails of others in the Middle East if no link to Israel and Zionism can be established?