ADVERSE in a Sentence
Learn ADVERSE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
52 example sentences for ADVERSE, such as:
1. A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
2. Dirt and disease are adverse to the best growth of children.
3. Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
4. They fear it could have an adverse effect on global financial markets.
5. The recollection adverse current becomes the river, submerged your me.
2. Dirt and disease are adverse to the best growth of children.
3. Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
4. They fear it could have an adverse effect on global financial markets.
5. The recollection adverse current becomes the river, submerged your me.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ADVERSE
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adverse
a. in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 Even under the most adverse conditions, that pleasure always made itself felt: she might hate him, but she had never been able to wish him out of the room.
2 It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet.
3 As the combatants were now equal in number, each singled an opponent from the adverse band.
4 As Duncan could only act as the representative of the commandant of the fort, the ceremonies which should have accompanied a meeting between the heads of the adverse forces were, of course, dispensed with.
5 Thus prepared to expect adverse circumstances, she had acquired the firmness necessary for acting under them.
6 And it was not only that her feelings were still adverse to any man save one; her judgement, on a serious consideration of the possibilities of such a case was against Mr Elliot.
7 Answering whom Euryalus speaks thus: 'Let but the day never come to prove me degenerate from this daring valour; fortune may fall prosperous or adverse.'
8 For whenever they have to look adversity in the face, they suddenly pass to the other extreme, becoming abject and base.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
9 Here, therefore, we see that in times of adversity the Romans were neither cast down nor dismayed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
10 I conclude, therefore, that no principality is secure without having its own forces; on the contrary, it is entirely dependent on good fortune, not having the valour which in adversity would defend it.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AN...
Context Highlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AN...
11 He will increase in strength and honor by struggling with adversity, which he will convert into prosperity.
12 The bitter cup of adversity has been drained by me to the very dregs, and I feel that the grave is not far distant.
13 But Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity.
14 My first resolution was to quit Geneva forever; my country, which, when I was happy and beloved, was dear to me, now, in my adversity, became hateful.
15 But ere Cedric penetrated as far as the old hall in which he had himself been a prisoner, the inventive genius of Wamba had procured liberation for himself and his companion in adversity.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 Inflation is considered to be undesirable because of its adverse effects on income distribution.
2 In the case of an adverse verdict, the company could stand to lose millions.
3 The character of the pine and cypress is shown in frigid winter ; the sincerity of one's friend is shown in adverse circumstances.
4 The recollection adverse current becomes the river, submerged your me.
5 Despite the adverse conditions, the road was finished in just eight months.
6 Dirt and disease are adverse to the best growth of children.
7 Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
8 They fear it could have an adverse effect on global financial markets.
9 They lose credibility quickly with a resultant adverse impact on employee performance and profit.
10 Sales of the product have been seriously hurt by the adverse publicity.
11 Extensive field research can mean long periods living under adverse conditions to which the researcher is unaccustomed.
12 The recession had a highly adverse effect on father's investment portfolio: he lost so much money that he could no longer afford the house.
13 Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
14 He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
15 A true friend is known in the day of adversity.