How to Use adversity in a Sentence

adversity

noun

• He showed courage in the face of adversity.
• We had to learn to deal with adversity.
• High school, college and even NFL teams have been getting a quick morale boost by going to see {it}Remember the Titans{/it}, the schmaltzy but uplifting story about (what else?) a football squad overcoming adversity.
  — Sports Illustrated, 6 Nov. 2000
• That brought him to the fifth and his first adversity of the night.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2022
• Each one of them has been strong in the face of adversity.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
• It’s part of the game, part of the adversity of the game, next man up.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2021
• At the first sign of adversity, the Dawgs waved the white flag.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Jan. 2023
• This is the first bit of adversity that this group has seen.
  — Joseph Halm, NOLA.com, 4 Jan. 2021
• As for the ups and downs, had to fight through some adversity.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2020
• This is not the first bout with adversity for the Dodgers.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2017
• Many of the best ideas come from adversity and hard times.
  — Eva Sage-Gavin, Quartz at Work, 19 May 2020
• The storms, the waves, the adversity, nothing could shake me.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 28 June 2023
• This runway was filled with dance as a stance to choose joy in the face of adversity.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Sep. 2023
• Michaud also knows how to work hard in the face of adversity.
  — Emily Himes, miamiherald, 25 June 2018
• The adversity flew at them like those Stroud laser beams across the middle of the field.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
• For the first time this season, the Wild showed some fight in the face of adversity.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2019
• At least the Eagles have shown some grit in the face of adversity.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
• As hard as life on the road can be, the early adversity has strengthened the team.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• Carlin never quit in the face of adversity even if the odds were tipped against him.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 12 June 2018
• Whole bunch of adversity, highs and lows, ups and downs.
  — NBC News, 29 Mar. 2022
• The same is true of adversity, which builds resilience and grit.
  — Allysia Finley, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
• This team hasn’t had to deal with much adversity for awhile.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 July 2021
• And the adversity his mother taught him to overcome will be worth it.
  — Dallas News, 31 Dec. 2022
• Let optimism in the face of any adversity be your strength and share it with loved ones.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 19 May 2021
• Every year is unique, and there can be a lot of adversity.
  — New York Times, 12 June 2022
• Sometimes teams need to go through the adversity early to wake them up.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• Even though there’s a lot of adversity in the city, there are still ways to overcome those things.
  — Patricia McKnight, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2020
• If nothing else, the guy knows how to pitch through adversity.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2022
• With all this adversity, there are a lot of parents who need help.
  — Emmett Hall, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• Man, if there's any form of adversity, you guys have been through it.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 May 2021

Last Updated: 19 Apr 2024