evil star

Example Sentences

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It was a grievous disappointment; my evil star, I thought, had not yet waned.

From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin

An evil star, it would seem, has so far pursued you.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Yes, I was born under an evil star; just that!

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith

But also have we discerned the evil star looming up that threatened cloud and wreck to its future years.

From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret

But he began to fear his evil star had risen above the horizon, and he was downcast, if not dispirited, while in proportion as he was depressed rose the spirits of the rancorous old governor.

From Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa by Ober, Frederick Albion