bad break
Example Sentences
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With stroke play, he says, “one bad break like that would ruin your chances for the entire event.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
I did a good job of battling back today and not letting a bad break like that, which cost me a couple shots, get to me.
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Each week seemed to bring a new bad break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
"It's Darwinian evolution in action, so it's just a bad break and it's going to happen eventually if we all wait around long enough," Hafer said.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2022
No, not so bad as that, I hope; but a rather bad break, I am afraid.
From Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various
