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travails truh-VAYLS noun troubles and difficulties; hard work 1900The Lost ContinentThey warmed to the old words as the high shrill voice of the priest cried them forth, and as they listened, and as they realised how intimate was the care of the Gods for the travails and sorrows of their daily lives, so much warmer grew their responses.1998The Iron Lance'What are earthly travails compared to Heaven's treasures?'1999MonsterAfter much soul-searching, as well as witnessing, firsthand, the triumphs and the travails of those noble enough...to brave the elements of Nature as well as the much more malignant Forces of Big Government, this newspaper must weigh in on the side of rationality and self-preservation.1999FlashforwardAnd so he sat, taking it in, taking in the peaks and valleys of other people's lives, the highs and lows, the trials and travails of those whose existence had more variation, more excitement, more angst than his own.Labels: C. J. Cutliffe Hyne, Jonathan Kellerman, Robert J. Sawyer, Stephen Lawhead
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