| Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. |
| Elected chancellor of the loose union of representatives of the worlds, she played the role of benevolent manager in times of strife. |
| The various stories thematize issues of colorism, marital betrayal, family strife, and poverty. |
| For years it was the lot of the put-upon husband to bemoan the domestic strife caused by the family battleaxe. |
| Thus the trouble and strife would walk down the apples and pears and along the frog and toad to use the public dog and bone. |
| By our very nature, we are selfish, jealous, envious, stricken with strife, and sometimes downright rebellious. |
