adverse fate

Example Sentences

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

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

But next day, after this small bounty and grateful success, adverse fate had prepared for me a graver alarm than I had ever experienced in my life of peril and hazard.

From The Joy of Captain Ribot by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

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 Cowper, William

They had no alternative but to submit to their adverse fate, and in several detachments they were transported to their new homes.

From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne

Instead of sinking under the redoubled blows of an adverse fate, the little Russian rebounded like a rubber ball.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)