adverse fate
Example Sentences
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In vain has Armstrong striven against this adverse fate; in vain made endeavours to avert it.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
He did not possess the boldness which disarms an adverse fate, nor that confidence in his own powers which smooths down wounded pride, and accounts even for failure.
From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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)
No individual boy expected that he would be killed, or meet with any other adverse fate.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander
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
