adverse fate
Example Sentences
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Meantime, the Greeks Sloping their shields, approach'd the walls of Troy,5 And Hector, by his adverse fate ensnared, Still stood exposed before the Scæan gate.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
A fortnight had passed, and he defied his aunt, Monsieur Leroy, the whole world, an adverse fate, and the powers of evil.
From Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
In reality the leaders of world-revolution have not been "Under Men," victims of oppression or of adverse fate, nor could they be ranged in this category on account of physical or mental inferiority.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta H. Webster
How many sudden tempests have broken over his bent back, how much adverse fate has fallen on his head, on his house, on his country!
From The Simple Life by Mary Louise Hendee
The pity was that an adverse fate had denied him any benefit from his own foresight.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
