Miserable

Examples

• Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner. Plato. The Republic.
• I wish I could describe in words the compassion I felt for this miserable and misguided girl. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I was very miserable--not firm or tranquil at all, I think. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This time he felt miserable but determined, while she was in a state of agitation which could not be hidden. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I now say, Thank God she did not live to witness the cruel, miserable death of her youngest darling! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Bingley was quite uncomfortable; his sisters declared that they were miserable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Meyler, being satisfied that it would make me miserable, set off for Badminton early the next morning. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Reflecting upon these and similar evils, you held the tyrannical State to be the most miserable of States? Plato. The Republic.
• Miserable himself, that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• You may render me the most miserable of men, but you shall never make me base in my own eyes. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• If it were not such a very wild night, he said, I would send Hannah down to keep you company: you look too desperately miserable to be left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• We were not a happy couple, and not a miserable couple. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Now, Mr. Holmes, you know the people who live under my roof, and I shall continue with my miserable story. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then, letting her hand fall on the table, she said in another tone--Yet what miserable men find such things, and work at them, and sell them! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But its sound had revived a long train of miserable Sundays, and the procession would not stop with the bell, but continued to march on. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The miserable poor devils knew all about his affairs. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They're going, Mrs. Raddle, they're going,' said the miserable Bob. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Quito, which had been but a miserable hamlet of Indians, is represented by the same author as in his time equally populous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Because it is your egotism makes you miserable. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Mr. Pickwick was affected; the two men looked so very miserable. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• How miserable I was, when I lay down! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• This made such a very miserable piece of business of it, that I rolled myself up in a corner of the counterpane, and cried myself to sleep. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If you could step downstairs with us, we may each be able to give some light to the other upon this miserable affair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He's a coward, sir—a miserable coward! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Oh, my fear--my mad, miserable, wicked fear! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His imprudence had made her miserable for a while; but it seemed to have deprived himself of all chance of ever being otherwise. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The miserable man whom he had released for the time, but not for long, went on towards London. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• No wonder that the lover of the princely Idris should fail to recognize himself in the miserable object there pourtrayed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• This is a miserable world, says the Sergeant. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Edited by Daisy