bad luck

Example Sentences

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And I wasn’t allowed to go to the funeral—Daddy thought it was bad luck to have a child so close to the Grim Reaper.

From Literature

Or is the ambitious Atlanta anchorwoman the victim of bad luck and bad people?

From The Wall Street Journal

Some of it he chalks up to bad luck.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unlike the classic movie, though, Wall Street has no angels to help those who, like the film’s hero, George Bailey, have lost their way through bad luck or faulty decisions.

From Barron's

Hudson encourages the audience to use Claire’s stubborn buoyancy and perky accent as a life raft when Lightning & Thunder are deluged by extremely bad luck.

From Los Angeles Times