adverse fate

Example Sentences

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His life apart from business was akin to his business life in that; reflection on what was best, just and honourable, and then his decision, which no adverse fate was ever afterwards to shake.

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

I will unroll before your eyes a scene, partly the result of an adverse fate, partly of a dark mystery, representing joy and also deep sorrow.

From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Jókai, Mór

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

Goldsmith struggled cheerfully with his adverse fate, and died.

From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Marden, Orison Swett

I confined myself to the examination of those who may be properly designated the helpless victims of adverse fate.

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)