Instead, they'd only reinforced their collective misery, and he knew he ought to break this up.

They were partly social calls, as the older hosts spun tales of yesteryear for their visitors, and everyone bonded over the collective misery of a 109-degree heat index.

The din of collective misery is insufferable.

The culture of Liberty City of the Grand Theft Auto IV era is focused on the collective civic misery of the five boroughs.

The confession of outright passion in such general cold and doubt seemed selfish relief amid society's latest bout of collective misery.

It's our collective universal misery that binds us in ultimate despair.

And his wicked screenplay plumbed the collective misery of its lonely characters with dazzling finesse.

Just put yourselves and us fans out of our collective misery.

And yet Gwen felt like the load of the collective misery of the world had been lifted from her shoulders.

That's how you end up with overworked flight attendants, neglected passengers, and collective misery.