ADVERSELY in a Sentence

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52 example sentences for ADVERSELY, such as:
1. A friend is best found in adversity.
2. Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
3. A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
4. Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship.
5. We commented adversely upon the imbecility of that telegraphic style.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ADVERSELY
adversely
 ad.  in an adverse manner
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  We commented adversely upon the imbecility of that telegraphic style.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
2  For whenever they have to look adversity in the face, they suddenly pass to the other extreme, becoming abject and base.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
3  Here, therefore, we see that in times of adversity the Romans were neither cast down nor dismayed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
4  I conclude, therefore, that no principality is secure without having its own forces; on the contrary, it is entirely dependent on good fortune, not having the valour which in adversity would defend it.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AN...
5  He will increase in strength and honor by struggling with adversity, which he will convert into prosperity.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
6  The bitter cup of adversity has been drained by me to the very dregs, and I feel that the grave is not far distant.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 112. The Departure.
7  But Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  My first resolution was to quit Geneva forever; my country, which, when I was happy and beloved, was dear to me, now, in my adversity, became hateful.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
9  But ere Cedric penetrated as far as the old hall in which he had himself been a prisoner, the inventive genius of Wamba had procured liberation for himself and his companion in adversity.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  Sharers of Wilfred's dangers and adversity, they remained, as they had a right to expect, the partakers of his more prosperous career.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
11  Always a friend or a comrade may fail you, and be the first to desert you in a time of adversity; but never will a KOPECK fail you, whatever may be your plight.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
12  Yet, though he braced himself to the task, this period of adversity told upon his health, and he even grew a trifle shabby.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
13  She had always been exposed completely naked to the sharp wind of adversity; now it seemed to her she was clothed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
14  Even under the most adverse conditions, that pleasure always made itself felt: she might hate him, but she had never been able to wish him out of the room.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
15  It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  Price changes must not adversely affect the living standards of the people.
2  Trading has been adversely affected by the downturn in consumer spending.
3  Global Witness says that in the same way that blood diamonds have adversely affected the lives of people in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
4  Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
5  He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
6  A true friend is known in the day of adversity.
7  In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty; In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.
8  Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
9  A friend is best found in adversity.
10  The book celebrates the hostages' remarkable triumph over appalling adversity.
11  Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
12  The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man.
13  Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship.
14  Fire proves gold, adversity proves men.
15  Remember that adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome.