hard luck
Example Sentences
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This year’s squad has also had some hard luck, with two starters missing the ACC Tournament through injury.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
Tidewater gobies are a hardy fish fallen on hard luck.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
He must now prove he can be the winner England wants at the fourth time of asking rather than telling the same the hard luck story of his three previous tournaments in charge.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2022
Its fifth-place finish last season was a hard luck story, falling out of a Champions League place only on the last day.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021
Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
