travail

From a crotchety neighbor who yelled at her daughters, she learned that responding with a homemade peach pie can establish a more harmonious relationship with a person undergoing his own private travails.

At Ferrari, Hamilton's travails this season continued, underlined by the statistic that he has only once so far qualified higher than the seventh place he managed this weekend.

Or perhaps better said, he has the disadvantage of his travails, mishaps and bad decisions occupying the foreground.

McIlroy's travails have been an annual talking point coming into the iconic tournament which takes place every April and is the first of the year's majors.

The central character was conjured out of a deeply personal source—namely, the travails of Stephen King’s mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.