How to Use trials and tribulations in a Sentence
trials and tribulations
plural noun-
These are the trials and tribulations of it, and that’s what the show is about.
— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023 -
Like Green’s phone, Auburn has been through its share of trials and tribulations this year.
— Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023 -
These past two and a half years have come with countless trials and tribulations.
— Jayson Sawyer, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2022 -
The trials and tribulations of each are brought to life by 2D renderings.
— Holly Jones, Variety, 13 June 2023 -
Despite the trials and tribulations of Stiff-Person Syndrome, Dion aims to be back on the stage.
— Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 June 2024 -
Through the everlasting love of the Lord, God will partake in the journey with you through the trials and tribulations of life.
— Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 10 Nov. 2022 -
Kyle Richards is reflecting on the trials and tribulations she's endured over the past year.
— Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Every dog owner knows the trials and tribulations of bath day.
— Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024 -
The novel follows the trials and tribulations of a young couple in love and a single mom starting over.
— Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022 -
This shifts the series away from the trials and tribulations of teenhood and the fun of Stine’s work, forcing viewers to focus on the selfish misdeeds of dull adults.
— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2023 -
This trek, with all its trials and tribulations, is guided by Zina’s faith and resolve.
— Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022 -
An honest take on the trials and tribulations of middle childhood.
— Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2023 -
After all the trials and tribulations—Cheap’s trials and tribulations—the squadron seemed condemned to remain in this place.
— David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023 -
My definition of courage is becoming what you are meant to be despite the trials and tribulations that stand in your path.
— USA Today, 19 Mar. 2023 -
The producers make sure the family gets its share of wins in addition to trials and tribulations.
— Jim Halterman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024 -
Friends follows the six friends living in New York City through their ups and downs, trials and tribulations and relationships and heartbreaks.
— Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023 -
Will Susan be able to overcome the trials and tribulations of her struggle against society?
— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Regardless of the trials and tribulations that come with life, DJ Casper maintained a positive mindset through it all.
— Okla Jones, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023 -
However, the year was not solely filled with trials and tribulations for Allio, who also shared some of his highlights from 2023.
— Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024 -
Throughout the book, the two women and Tung's daughter, Lyn, take turns describing their past and the trials and tribulations of opening and running a restaurant together.
— Sonia Chopra, Bon Appétit, 18 Oct. 2023 -
For a period of time, R&B was one of the few safe spaces where Black women could comfortably disclose their trials and tribulations as well as their breakthroughs.
— Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 11 Jan. 2023 -
As the world faces many trials and tribulations, people want to hear from CEOs and other company leaders on certain issues that affect us all.
— Jennifer Duggan, Time, 15 Jan. 2023 -
The project also tackles loss, recovery and the trials and tribulations of managing mental health.
— Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 17 July 2024 -
That felt, to us, like a modern answer to Capra’s radical idea, of elevating the trials and tribulations of everyday life to the stuff of cinema.
— Lauren Schuker Blum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023 -
Part business series and part adventure comedy, Growing Belushi gets in the weeds of the trials and tribulations of building a (legal) drug empire.
— Jasmine Li, Vulture, 27 June 2023 -
Perhaps the most infamous instance of this omission was in Homer’s Odyssey, an ancient Greek poem cataloging the trials and tribulations of mortal humans in a world of gods and myth.
— Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024 -
At the same time, her trials and tribulations — becoming a landlord and not having much of a social life — were extremely privileged problems to have.
— Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 23 May 2024 -
Following the lives of the Bakers, the group has to navigate the trials and tribulations of a large family while simultaneously starting over in a new town.
— Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022 -
Rather, the couple hopes to help others who have experienced similar trials and tribulations in life.
— Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024 -
However, Gibson maintained that he’s remained in good spirits despite his trials and tribulations while promoting his new album, Beautiful Pain, and film, 1992.
— Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2024
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