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
Doyle and Field bent to their work, adding, comparing, calculating; Gordon stood silently watching the bulletins, each bearing its message of good or evil fortune.
From Loaded Dice by Ellery H. Clark
So far as one may venture to predict, I think she would not prove strong enough for the place, if evil fortune should throw upon her the task of preserving the throne for her boy.
From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by Justin McCarthy
They smiled at the very grimness of evil fortune until she fled, and, in doing this, they half-unconsciously tickled the midriff of the world.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett
