The soldiers will find a heaving city of misery, mortars and stray bullets. |
The setting is one of abject poverty and misery, yet the upbeat caption tells us that even victims of disaster need a good shoeshine. |
I walked on, feeling sick to the stomach as I saw so much misery and ruination. |
Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joy, and dividing our grief. |
I mean, when I think of Cambodia in the 1970s, I think abject misery, suffering and genocide on a Stalin-like scale. |
The abject misery, the clearest glimpse of absolute evil, is almost impossible to describe. |