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Example sentences for: adversity

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In the Times piece, Medavoy touchingly describes the kindness and generosity he discovered during his adversity period: "Even the courier who used to bring films to me at home said he'd be happy to bring them to me for nothing."
In conclusion, we surmise that oxidative base damages to the DNA of fetal oogonia of pregnant animals faced with a nutritional adversity are a potential threat to the genetic character and reproductive capacity of their progeny; the predicament can evidently be reconciled by response mechanisms of cell-cycle arrest, survival, and repair.
The Hong Kong Standard said Thursday that "if Mr. Clinton's was a bravura performance in the face of so much adversity, it was also because he had facts and figures to back his claim that the United States was not only strong but also brimming with confidence.
The irony is that although Japan has continually triumphed over externally imposed adversity and upheavals, it seems unable to implement effective reforms to its own systems before problems reach crisis proportions.
To convert this adversity into an advantage, McCain accuses his critics of subverting the national interest for the sake of "partisan ambitions."