evil fortune

Example Sentences

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But evil fortune fell on him; he was forced to place his ward in the Brandenburg Dime Museum in Philadelphia, where she was first exhibited.

From Time Magazine Archive

His evil fortune stayed skulking behind the great curtains of the woods until after Gentleman Johnny had forced the Rebel army to evacuate Fort Ticonderoga.

From Time Magazine Archive

We noticed your brave defence of your home, and the evil fortune which befel you; and we two weak women were overtaken with pity, which is our woman's weakness.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

It was the O'Shea's evil fortune to have fallen on one of these.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

We met good and evil fortune on the Atlantic, and Robert perversely chose the latter.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston