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
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
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
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
Goldsmith struggled cheerfully with his adverse fate, and died.
From Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power by Marden, Orison Swett
