ADVERSITY in a Sentence
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52 example sentences for ADVERSITY, such as:
1. A friend is best found in adversity.
2. Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
3. A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
4. Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship.
5. Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.
2. Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
3. A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
4. Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship.
5. Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of ADVERSITY
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adversity
n. state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 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.
2 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.
3 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...
4 He will increase in strength and honor by struggling with adversity, which he will convert into prosperity.
5 The bitter cup of adversity has been drained by me to the very dregs, and I feel that the grave is not far distant.
6 But Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity.
7 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.
8 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.
9 Sharers of Wilfred's dangers and adversity, they remained, as they had a right to expect, the partakers of his more prosperous career.
10 Always a friend or a comrade may fail you, and be the first to desert you in a time of adversity; but never will a KOPECK fail you, whatever may be your plight.
11 Yet, though he braced himself to the task, this period of adversity told upon his health, and he even grew a trifle shabby.
12 She had always been exposed completely naked to the sharp wind of adversity; now it seemed to her she was clothed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
13 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.
14 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.
15 As the combatants were now equal in number, each singled an opponent from the adverse band.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
2 He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
3 A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
4 In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.
5 Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
6 A friend is best found in adversity.
7 The book celebrates the hostages' remarkable triumph over appalling adversity.
8 Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
9 The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.
10 Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship.
11 Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
12 Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.
13 Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them.
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
15 Too much of his life had been occupied with economic woes, health problems, and marital strife, yet he always found things to enjoy in the face of his adversity.