adverse fate
Example Sentences
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In reality the leaders of world-revolution have not been "Under Men," victims of oppression or of adverse fate, nor could they be ranged in this category on account of physical or mental inferiority.
From Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Webster, Nesta H.
But adverse fate seemed at last to relent, and a light breeze sprung up from the southward.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
He may have been of high estate, He may have been a simple yeoman, Undaunted by an adverse fate, Brave was he as the bravest Roman.
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Reed, Helen Leah
Dear Annie: What though thy lot has been to bear Much adverse fate, ’mid toil and care, Raised expectations crushed and dead, And hope’s triumphant visions fled?
From Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Smith, Rebekah
Seldom has an undertaking been more remorselessly dogged by an adverse fate than that of Anson.
From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by Household, H. W.
