Sentence examples for widespread misery from inspiring English sources

I'm still aghast as to how these failures so far apart can cause such widespread misery.

The democratic election of more enlightened Palestinian leadership is unlikely to emerge from such widespread misery.

The winter of 1946-47 was one of the most severe ever recorded, causing widespread misery and disruption.

In reality he needs it to keep the American embargo ("blockade" in the official Cuban version) as the excuse for the widespread misery on the island.

Floods in central and western parts of the country, the worst in decades, resulted in widespread misery: around 60,000 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.

The Kurdish migration appears to be causing widespread misery, with Arabs complaining of expulsions and even murders at the hands of Kurdish returnees.

Though set in impoverished Italy after World War II, "The Bicycle Thief" speaks to today's widespread economic misery, said John M. Poole, the president of Corinth Films, the movie's distributor.

If President Obama had attempted something on a grand scale to alleviate the widespread economic misery, he either would have succeeded or, if prevented by Republican filibusters, would have been able to direct our anger and frustration at their rightful target.

At a time when the world is more interconnected than ever — as suggested by the widespread economic misery; the problem of global warming; and the need for a widespread effort to fight terrorism — many big media organizations, like the Boston Globe and Baltimore Sun, have eliminated all of their overseas reporters.

By now, one prospect — a notion no one wants to ponder but is impossible to avoid — has begun to emerge in Iowa, as well as in Indiana, Minnesota and Illinois: the possibility that this summer might prove to be something like 1993, when the torment of flooding resulted in widespread personal misery and loss, as well as economic cost of $20 billion.

We must shape an effective response that will save the automobile industry and prevent more widespread economic misery throughout America.