A big part of the aforementioned depravity manifests itself by our leaving our spiritual car doors unlocked, the driver’s seat open, and the car running, available to whoever wants to take it for a joy (or misery) ride.

Source: https://spectator.org/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents/

After a brief respite, another storm was expected to barrel into the state in a few days, adding to the misery of the state's residents.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-11618965/Boy-5-swept-away-death-toll-climbs-14-California-storms.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Analysis by University of Melbourne economists Guay Lim and Sam Tsiaplias shows Australia’s misery index is now just short of the point reached early in the global financial crisis.

Source: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/financial-misery-index-climbs-sharply-as-rba-mulls-another-rate-rise-20230604-p5ddq7.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

And misery loves company.

Source: https://thyblackman.com/2023/03/04/black-americans-and-white-americans-self-improvement-building-a-better-you/

Andrew Bailey, the Governor of the Bank, stands accused of dereliction of duty after announcing an increase in the base lending rate that will cause financial misery for homebuyers and could tip struggling small businesses over the edge.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12224769/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Safe-Bank-England.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

And singing my good fortune just compounded my misery with guilt.

Source: https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/11/gratitude-journal-try-instead-sadness-thanksgiving.html?via=rss

An island of misery, or the tip of an iceberg?

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/09/16/more-young-people-are-struggling-and-there-is-no-quick-fix-why-being-young-is-getting-worse/

As a result, when armchair misery mongers decried Bridgwater in the pages of ‘The Knowhere Guide’ it was Strummer who jumped to our defence.

Source: https://www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/23996160.bridgwater-town-council-leader-radical-local-history/?ref=rss

As the Gemara ( 40a) writes: “There is nothing that brings misery to man like wine.”

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/halacha-hashkafa/is-it-appropriate-for-just-anyone-to-get-drunk-on-purim/2023/03/01/

Beneath the bustle, stories of struggle and misery abound, with women and girls frequently being the most vulnerable due to poverty, violence, and opportunity gaps.

Source: https://punchng.com/unsafe-sex-among-youths-sexual-exploitation-worsening-hiv-spread/

But not by those who make an easy living out of the misery of others, or politicians who rely on extreme poverty and deprivation to create vote banks they need at election time out of desperate people.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-caste-census-is-casteism-9071161/

But the misery will continue into next week, as levels are forecast to remain 'very high' across the whole of England and Wales.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11972103/Misery-hay-fever-sufferers-levels-expected-high-Saturday-Sunday.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But watching the play made me wonder: was there anyone who feel something in the face of such misery and brutality?

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/mar/06/a-little-life-review-four-hours-of-brutality-and-misery-but-what-for

Citing Andy Haldane, the former chief economist of the Bank of England, he added: "The bank is in danger of trying to squeeze the very last drops out of inflation, at the expense of avoidable misery in thousands and thousands of lives."

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66154013?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Disruption caused by Storm Gerrit has brought misery for travellers on their way home from the Christmas holidays across the country.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/24013816.storm-gerrit-disruption-brings-misery-post-christmas-travellers/?ref=rss

Everyone loves the native coast live oak, but the flood of pollen from that tree can cause as much misery as the grasses going gangbusters from all the rain.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-22/allergy-season-after-rain-is-miserable-los-angeles

“Every partner round the table sees first-hand the misery and pain that road harm causes.

Source: https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/crime/12-drivers-arrested-on-suspicion-on-drink-driving-over-one-weekend-in-northamptonshire-4181277

Ex-Wrexham striker Mike Fondop was sent-off for elbowing O'Connell to heap more misery on mid-table Oldham who saw substitute Jordan Davies' shot deflect off a defender and only just clear the bar.

Source: https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/sport/23428758.wrexham-beat-oldham-set-new-club-points-record/?ref=rss

F*ck it, any level of cruel torture someone could devise wouldn’t even come close to the amount of misery they have caused.

Source: http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/breaking-mel-gibson-is-allegedly-making-a-4-part-docu-series-on-the-34-billion-global-child-sex-trafficking-market-involving-countries-like-ukraine/312214

For many Midwestern states, the high temperatures this week have brought added misery in a summer already made difficult by drought.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/us/heat-wave-midwest-central-weather.html