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Plural of tribulation

regular plural

The plural of tribulation is tribulations.

Forms of tribulation

Singulartribulation /ˌtɹɪbjʊˈleɪ̯ʃən/
Pluraltribulations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Tribulations in a sentence

  • Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations.2009 September 24, Richard Corliss, “Kristina: A new musical from the ABBA guys”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2016
  • I went through my usual trials and tribulations of the day, and now I am here visiting you.From the entry trials and tribulations
  • Moreover, by and by the Church will come "out of the tribulation, the great one," the sum total of all tribulations.1998, William Hendriksen, More Than Conquerors: An Interpretation of the Book of Revelation, →ISBN. From the entry sum total
  • There is one of each on your street, the younger mayhap heading for the tribulations already unmurmuringly borne by the older.1983, Peter De Vries, chapter 4, in Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., page 50. From the entry mayhap
  • Chingchou Prefecture, comprising several counties in Hupei Province, suffered a disastrous three years, and its tribulations were not unique.1963, Robert S. Elegant, “The Rich Impoverished, the Poor Starving”, in The Centre of the World: Communism and the Mind of China, London…. From the entry unprecedently

Meaning of tribulation

  1. noun Any adversity; a trying period or event.

Full definition of tribulation

Questions about the plural of tribulation

What is the plural of tribulation?
The plural of tribulation is tribulations.
Is tribulation countable?
Tribulation is a countable and uncountable noun.

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