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Another word for ups-and-downs

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Noun
  1. See also:

    difficulty

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Sentence Examples

  • The mind has its own vagaries, its ups and downs.

  • In 23 years at this game it's been ups-and-downs but, generally, I'm not disenchanted with the system.

  • The ups and downs of a man's sexual function are obvious, whilst a woman's libido is harder to measure.

  • Married, with four children and one pedigree mongrel dog, he has followed the ups and downs of Newcastle United since adolescence.

  • Metrical form is distinguished from prose by the uniformity of corresponding lines in relation to the number of syllables and the similarity of final sound (rhyme or assonance), by the repetition of certain letters at regular intervals (in alliterative measure), or merely by the regular succession of ups and downs of intonation.

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