How to Use tribulation in a Sentence

tribulation

noun
  • Her son's illness has been a source of great tribulation.
  • The play is about the tribulations of a family of immigrants in New York.
  • With thunderous praise, the group lets go of all its tribulations and thanks to the Creator across the 12 tracks.
    Yolanda Baruch, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The tour itself has ridden the waves of Beirut’s tribulations.
    Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Green’s iPhone has been through some tribulations this year.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In short, the Amish in this novel make their trials and tribulations look too easy.
    Mike Fischer, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2017
  • The small-scale tribulations of his life are played out in an absurdly large way.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Cast me out in honor of the toil and tribulation of our forefathers.
    David Means, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2019
  • But this loss was a tribulation no one could have foreseen.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • That’s a pretty good way to forget about the last school year and all of the trials and tribulations both programs dealt with.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Through all the trials and tribulations that go with losing.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Garry Kasparov has a pithy way of summing up the past 18 months of tribulation.
    Bret Stephens New York Times, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
  • And that has powered him through tribulation and triumph over his young life.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The most affecting part of the book is how Mr. Kilmer writes about the tribulation of being stripped of one of the primary tools of his craft – his voice.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2020
  • So how does one of the world’s most famous food celebrities deal with the trials and tribulations of air travel?
    Tim Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • But alas, these are the trials and tribulations of a designer.
    Lucia Tonelli, ELLE Decor, 2 May 2019
  • There’s more to come in the trials and tribulations of Sprint’s unending quest to merge with T-Mobile.
    Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Everything the Knicks fought for in a season full of triumphs and tribulations, injuries and trades, now boils down to the two-best words in all of sports.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 May 2024
  • Since the show went off air 14 years ago, by now Lizzie and her crew would be around 30, dealing with the trials and tribulations of early adulthood.
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 31 Dec. 2018
  • The trials and tribulations of adult life will arrive quickly enough.
    Ted Crow, cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Take a deep breath as tribulations arise and be willing to swallow your pride in order to move forward.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Olivia Newton-John’s life was full of triumphs and tribulations.
    Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Set in the 8th century AD, Sangamithra, is a heartfelt tale of the trials and tribulations of Sangamithra and her journey to save her kingdom.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2017
  • Of course, what made those Finals so sweet for the Mavericks was the memory of tribulation from 2006.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 16 June 2023
  • And her trials and tribulations since the day of her arrest in 2009 have taken a visible toll.
    Marc Freeman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 4 June 2018
  • Michael is the story of the tribulations that helped affirm that belief to Michael Render, and Killer Mike is finally ready to tell it.
    Khari Nixon, SPIN, 6 June 2023
  • Still, compared with the upheavals of war and exile, these were minor tribulations.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Fun and love could be just around the corner -- but so could some unexpected tribulation.
    Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • And, even with victory, there is no guaranteed end to tribulation.
    Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2024
  • And the reality is, Joe Biden has confronted and had to come back from tragedy, trials, from tribulations throughout his entire life.
    Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 30 June 2024

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