adverse fate
Example Sentences
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It was a terrible job;—perhaps the most difficult of all the difficult tasks which her adverse fate had imposed upon her.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
He had stood before her, his shoulders bowed beneath his adverse fate, and had not dared to raise his eyes to hers.
From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz
The pity was that an adverse fate had denied him any benefit from his own foresight.
From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis
Thus there seemed a great career opening before Balboa at the very moment when adverse fate was gathering darkly around him.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III by Morris, Charles
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 Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)
