That, in fact, was how this whole miserable business over the dry batteries started.

Of course, the miserable business with the boys had upset her.

He got into the car; it moved off down the road, and that miserable business was all over.

He ought to put the whole miserable business out of his mind and go to a movie.

That miserable business last week made a most disagreeable impression on me.

I'm going to get clear of all this miserable business.

Get the boy out of the road for a bit, until this miserable business is finished.

"I've already wasted so much on this miserable business, a little more doesn't matter now."

It's one of the few things about this miserable business that does.

Never again, I trust, will it be necessary for me to open my lips about the miserable business.