Adversity Sentence Examples

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  • She met adversity in a sensible way.

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  • Adversity happens to everyone.

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  • She turned adversity into opportunity.

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  • There is adversity in a world that is not fair.

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  • That he'd grown a little more thoughtful and a little less reactive in how he handled adversity impressed Gabe.

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  • It was part of the adversity of war.

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  • Continued adversity had soured Johnson's temper.

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  • If he can't deal with that kind of adversity, how could he deal with something greater, like protecting us little humans?

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  • His experience of surviving adversity across the remote world is second to none.

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  • He was an expert in childhood adversity, monoamine oxidase a genotype, and risk for conduct disorder.

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  • Taught by experience and adversity, they did not scruple to enter into an ministry, alliance with their old enemies, and a coalition ministry 1893' was formed from the Left, the Clericals and the Poles.

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  • Help me to trust in you to come to my aid whenever I face adversity or opposition.

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  • He was now nearly sixty, wearied by adversity, and a sufferer from gout and obesity.

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  • Seldom can any band have turned adversity to such advantage.

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  • How helpless can people feel, in the face of such adversity; it would take a miracle to save us now.

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  • They made civilization in times of adversity and want, not in the relative luxury and stability we enjoy today.

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  • This determination closes the first chapter of his life; the second, from 1304 to 1314, is occupied by his contest for the kingdom, which was really won at Bannockburn, though disputed until the treaty of Northampton in 1328; the last, from 1314 to his death in 1329, was the period of the establishment of his government and dynasty by an administration as skilful as his generalship. It is to the second of these that historians, attracted by its brilliancy even amongst the many romances of history and its importance to Scottish history, have directed most of their attention, and it is during it that his personal character, tried by adversity and prosperity, gradually unfolds itself.

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  • There have also been periods of decline and economic adversity.

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  • It required the chastening of adversity to teach it a salutary lesson, and a few years after, when the first effects of the crisis had passed away, business was on a much sounder footing than had been the case for very many years.

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  • With adversity you can feel stronger and face any of life's adversities with renewed courage which will make your life easier.

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  • We are a hardy nation with a culture built on overcoming adversity.

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  • It was a fantastic show of human spirit in extreme adversity.

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  • These are living human beings with their own emotions and fledgling personalities, which require extra nurturing in the face of adversity.

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  • Gays and parents who adopt or have children are often the subject of debate, and those who choose this lifestyle as parents often face some adversity.

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  • More than anything else, Oprah is a picture of perseverance and triumph, proof that we really can overcome any adversity.

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  • An interesting story about the couple, be it an amusing tale of how they met or a sentimental story about overcoming adversity, would make a lovely gift.

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  • In general, by showing confidence as well as support in their children's ability to solve problems and overcome adversity, this parenting style raises more competent kids, who are better able to handle future challenges.

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  • They show a picture of a man who, having suffered adversity, has tackled it head on.

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  • Events may turn out contrary to what was expected and great adversity may come.

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  • Precipitating factors usually involve a life event or social adversity.

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  • To what extent do mental health problems and stress physiology correlate with significant life adversity?

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  • The composer's lot has never been easy, yet many have shown brilliance in adversity.

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  • In the language of flowers chamomile stands for " Patience in adversity " .

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  • And as always, we will rely on the strength of the American people to remain resolute in the face of adversity.

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  • Although strong and resourceful in the face of adversity, ultimately, mams are always victims.

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  • The band has also shown a lot of character in continuing on through adversity.

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  • This negative energy travels along straight lines, emanates from sharp corners and brings adversity and misfortune to those in its path.

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  • Every adversity offers you a gift in the future if you are able to learn and grow from it.

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  • Its about perspective and knowing that we will all face adversity in our life.

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  • However, instead of giving up, he turned this adversity into an opportunity to reinvent himself and teach others about the importance of sound money management.

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  • Common themes in Spanish telenovelas is the lovers overcoming adversity to be together whether that adversity comes in the form of their families, their economic situation or an outside force.

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  • This posture signifies strength when facing adversity, and eases tension.

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  • How they deal with adversity, mistakes, and people with more or less talent than them will all be taken into account by the judges.

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  • Edward Walker quickly made an impression on viewers in 2002 by always being polite even when faced with adversity on the show.

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  • Rather than staging an intervention, T.I. entered Donald's life to reward him for staying strong in the face of adversity.

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  • They were usually symbols of adversity - something a knight would have to overcome to prevail.

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  • There is a life of Henry by his chaplain John Blakman (printed at the end of Hearne's edition of Otterbourne); but it is concerned only with his piety and patience in adversity.

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  • The Pascal family, some years after settling in Paris, had to go through a period of adversity.

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  • In this sense, fortitude is a special virtue; it is the virtue of courage in adversity.

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  • Typical of the great minds of our times, he has had to overcome tremendous adversity to make his mark in our world.

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  • All of a sudden there is no fuel to maintain the same level of intensity or to handle adversity.

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  • Above all else tho, this was a real triumph in adversity, with the squad so decimated by injury.

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  • The other is an exploration of evidence for the role of psychosocial adversity in the development of child psychopathology.

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  • I was stunned by the quality of the work; it is an example of triumph over adversity.

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  • For them Israel is the centre of the world, the point around which all other things revolve - every other people derives its claim to consideration from its relation to Israel - the only subject deserving attention is the extent of the Jewish nation's obedience or disobedience to its divinely given law, on which depends its prosperity or its adversity.

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  • If they failed, it would have little to do with her heritage and much to do with how they faced adversity – and if they faced it together.

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  • Indeed, as Marti points out (p. 259) the triple division of the book of Micah (i.-iii.; iv., v.; vi., vii.) corresponds with that of the book of Isaiah (i.-xxxix.; xl.-lv.; lvi.-lxvi.) in the character of the three divisions (judgment; coming restoration; prayer for help in adversity) respectively, and in the fact that the first alone gives us pre-exilic writing in the actual words of the prophet to whom the whole book is ascribed.

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  • An energy which never slackened, a doggedness which no adversity could crush, a fiery ambition coupled with the coolest calculation, and a diplomatic unscrupulousness which looked always to the end and never to the means, these were the salient qualities of the reconstructor of the dismembered Danish state.

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  • The stock may be destroyed, killed out by adverse conditions, but its quality is not directly affected, and if removed to more favourable conditions it will show no hereditary results of the previous adversity; indeed it will probably have been strengthened in some ways by the destruction in severe conditions of its weaker members and the survival of the stronger individuals.

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