| Who would wish a life of loveless misery upon a warm-hearted, sensitive young girl? |
| The abject misery, the clearest glimpse of absolute evil, is almost impossible to describe. |
| I walked on, feeling sick to the stomach as I saw so much misery and ruination. |
| I mean, when I think of Cambodia in the 1970s, I think abject misery, suffering and genocide on a Stalin-like scale. |
| The setting is one of abject poverty and misery, yet the upbeat caption tells us that even victims of disaster need a good shoeshine. |
| As a stark background, the war-torn Russian populace bitterly voices its utter misery. |