bad luck

Example Sentences

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“Don’t ever say you don’t believe in the Old Man of the Mountains. He hears everything that’s said in these hills, and he’ll cause you to have bad luck.”

From Literature

The idea, which took root quickly among users and influencers, is that America is a tough place to survive because a single stroke of bad luck can derail your life.

From BBC

"It's not that he wasn't concentrating. It was just a bit of bad luck."

From Barron's

Never one to be discouraged by his persistent bad luck, Hunt turned his cell into a salon visited by William Hazlitt and Thomas Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their conditions are not known to be genetically linked - and they say it's just "bad luck" that it has hit their family twice.

From BBC