bad patch
Example Sentences
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The team has hit a bad patch of form — winless in six games — but has a strong track record in recent major tournaments.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
Very loud when they are winning but when the club goes through a bad patch they soon turn.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022
They didn’t exactly break up, but during the bad patch she moved to New York on her own for a while, to find herself.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2019
But this goes well beyond a bad patch or even an affair your husband regrets; he’s clearly still trying to get it off the ground and doesn’t mind using your reputation as fuel.
From Slate • Jul. 16, 2019
Meantime we lunched, and afterwards struck a bad patch of surface which caused us frequent stops.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron