adverse fate

Example Sentences

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She was the plaything of a relentlessly adverse fate.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

Mr. Gray looked at him, as at a fine subject which adverse fate was to snatch away from his experiments.

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

Yet he resolved that what adverse fate got out of him, should be on terms that would cover him with more glory than ordinary success could possibly do.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

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

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