adverse fate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I confined myself to the examination of those who may be properly designated the helpless victims of adverse fate.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by B. O. (Benjamin Orange) Flower
Mr. Gray looked at him, as at a fine subject which adverse fate was to snatch away from his experiments.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
My dear Madam, there are chains which hold us as the cable holds the ship; and, in their sure restraint, we safely ride through all the howling blasts of adverse fate.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various
But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
His life apart from business was akin to his business life in that; reflection on what was best, just and honourable, and then his decision, which no adverse fate was ever afterwards to shake.
From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Frederick William Robinson
