| The soldiers will find a heaving city of misery, mortars and stray bullets. |
| The setting is one of abject poverty and misery, yet the upbeat caption tells us that even victims of disaster need a good shoeshine. |
| Who would wish a life of loveless misery upon a warm-hearted, sensitive young girl? |
| A tragedy will still pack the seats of a theatre with those who enjoy wallowing in other people's misery. |
| I mean, when I think of Cambodia in the 1970s, I think abject misery, suffering and genocide on a Stalin-like scale. |
| The abject misery, the clearest glimpse of absolute evil, is almost impossible to describe. |
