(n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gotti Jr's sister, Victoria Gotti, has been the star of the TV series Growing Up Gotti, which endeavoured to show the trials and tribulations of life bearing the infamous Gotti name.
(2) After many trials and tribulations, this treatment modality has experienced a resurgence of interest in recent years.
(3) The very troubles and tribulations of the week will be cited as evidence of how his heroic deal-making abilities can overcome any hurdle, even the rightwing House Freedom Caucus – though another battle will loom in the Senate.
(4) I’ll make sure they stay interested.” Trump’s post-convention tribulations just prompted Time magazine to publish a stylised image of his head dribbling like hot wax beside a single word headline: “ Meltdown ”.
(5) His life became a tribulation, and a survival of sorts – an industrial accident working at an abattoir in Denmark, then finding a wife – "I woke up one morning and I was married" – and having three children.
(6) We'll be keeping track of their trials, tribulations and, hopefully, their triumphs.
(7) Guy Anderson, a defence analyst at IHS Jane's, said: "A merger between BAE and EADS is unlikely and wouldn't happen without a lot of trials and tribulations.
(8) There is little doubt that the Syrian government has, through various means, attempted to inflame the Lebanese theatre as a means of distracting attention from its own tribulations, and reminding all of its old game as the indispensable troublemaker and problem-solver : "If you want a stable Lebanon, you need the Assad regime."
(9) Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding In this third instalment of the diaries , our hapless hapless heroine continues to agonise over the tribulations of modern life large and small, from single parenthood and dating in the age of social media to the perils of the skinny jean.
(10) Even then, I was lucky enough to avoid the tribulations faced far too often by my friend Emma, manager of the BrewDog bar in Camden.
(11) As Sebald unfolds the story of Rousseau's tribulations ("a dozen years filled with fear and panic"), the essay seems, in its placeless antiquity, like one of Rousseau's own Reveries of a Solitary Walker , and suddenly it's not Rousseau's obsessive inability to stop thinking that is the theme, but Sebald's own obsessive inability ("the thoughts constantly brewing in his head like storm clouds").
(12) A lot of trials and tribulations led to this, people think everyone has no reason.
(13) Tellingly, the book's title as a work in progress was Tribulation.
(14) Their trials and tribulations should encourage future generations of cardiac surgeons to proceed with further developments in this field.
(15) Sir Alex Ferguson has sprung to the defence of Louis van Gaal and urged fans to be patient during Manchester United’s current tribulations.
(16) These traits were well depicted in Il Divo, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, which narrates the events surrounding Andreotti's trials and tribulations of 1991-92.
(17) The show, which revolves around twentysomethings finding their way in New York, presumes sympathy for the tribulations of college-educated young women with generous parents funding their identity crises.
(18) Weeks of trials and tribulations had opened my eyes to a profession I was not strong enough to be part of.
(19) Dr Crippin Description: "The trials and tribulations, the pleasures and pitfalls of family medicine in the modern British National Health Service."
(20) We present four brain tumor cases with his unpublished sketches and direct quotations to illustrate both the trials and tribulations of those times and Cushing's innate surgical genius.
Tribute
Definition:
(n.) An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute.
(n.) A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection.
(n.) A certain proportion of the ore raised, or of its value, given to the miner as his recompense.
(v. i.) To pay as tribute.
Example Sentences:
(1) He also paid tribute to first responders and rescue workers.
(2) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(3) Therefore this gesture is actually a tribute to the country - they are saying, 'you are rubbish but our rubbish is as good as everyone else's best'.
(4) His parting tribute to the Things Fall Apart author, said Soyinka, would be the poem he wrote to Achebe when he turned 70.
(5) A breathless Sturridge was still trying to digest his part in the game when he paid tribute to Hodgson, saying: “I’m grateful to the gaffer for allowing me to score and it’s a beautiful feeling to represent your country in the rivalry against another great country.
(6) Here's a tribute from the historic Apollo theater in Harlem, New York City: Touré (@Toure) Photo: The Apollo Theater in Harlem remembers Nelson Mandela.
(7) Had he done so "it was at least possible that further questions [on the advisability of running the tributes] would have followed".
(8) The results are a tribute to the power of television exposure.
(9) Andrew Strauss accepted the award for team of the year on behalf of the England cricket team while a moving tribute to Seve Ballesteros - presented the lifetime achievement award by José María Olazábal - was streamed live from Spain.
(10) A Facebook page created for friends, family and well-wishers to write messages of sympathy was filling with tributes.
(11) The visitors had looked the more settled team in the first half here, tribute to their own energetic and diligent midfield and also to a general sluggishness in Chelsea’s passing and movement.
(12) King was 16th on an official programme that included the national anthem, the invocation, a prayer, a tribute to women, two sets of songs and nine other speakers.
(13) "If everyone on Newsnight knew it was true that Savile was a paedophile, it should not have run a tribute to someone who was molesting girls in wheelchairs before they went on to Top of the Pops .
(14) An Australian family that lost three children and a grandfather in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has published an emotional tribute calling for an end to the “pointless war” in eastern Ukraine.
(15) Posthumously, his worst fears came true – as evidenced by additional tweeted tributes from such notables as Stephen Fry , Gary Lineker , Simon Pegg , and Arlene Phillips , who had lately seen him "walking around Belsize Park".
(16) Younghusband made no film, but was given a tribute to run, put together by the TV production company, True North.
(17) This stands in high contrast to many western hip-hop stars who have been slow to relinquish control of their "intellectual" property in the same way (take Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind, for example, which quickly generated a host of YouTube tributes that were quickly removed by EMI ).
(18) Pittman later told the AFP news agency: “She wanted to pay tribute, she loves this city.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Madonna and son David sing Like a Prayer at the place de la République in Paris.
(19) Johnson’s family paid tribute to the “exceptional son, brother, grandson and nephew”.
(20) I want to pay tribute to our cabin crew members who have been determined to achieve a negotiated settlement.