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
"He was my cause that week. Mentally, that helped. I never got stuck thinking about why I hit it left or why I had a bad break."
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024
Each week seemed to bring a new bad break.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023
She allowed three runs, although she got a bad break on Raina Fuqua’s double.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2022
Still it seems to me that you have made a bad break in your treatment of her.
From Frank Merriwell's Alarm Doing His Best by Standish, Burt L.