| The various stories thematize issues of colorism, marital betrayal, family strife, and poverty. |
| Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. |
| By our very nature, we are selfish, jealous, envious, stricken with strife, and sometimes downright rebellious. |
| Many Iraqis hope that it will head off sectarian strife and even civil war. |
| But his later years have been a miasma of money troubles, marital strife and ill health. |
| Elected chancellor of the loose union of representatives of the worlds, she played the role of benevolent manager in times of strife. |
