adverse fate

Example Sentences

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But adverse fate seemed at last to relent, and a light breeze sprung up from the southward.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

Mr. Gray looked at him, as at a fine subject which adverse fate was to snatch away from his experiments.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

My sister—yield thee to thy adverse fate; Think of thy father, think of Regulus; Has he not taught thee how to brave misfortune?

From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by More, Hannah

The pity was that an adverse fate had denied him any benefit from his own foresight.

From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis

But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.