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
"If you hit a bad patch and can't work as much you're kind of screwed."
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2021
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
Sometimes the grown Li’l Bit needs to pause and steel herself before reenacting a bad patch.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2018
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
