ill luck
Example Sentences
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As described by music critic Jeff Tamarkin, “The Grape’s saga is one of squandered potential, absurdly misguided decisions, ill luck, blunders and excruciating heartbreak.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021
Steyn, happily restored to full fitness after a terrible run of ill luck, can be a serious operator at this level.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
Stead did not say whether ill luck would attend the mere telling of the story, but it is difficult to see what distinction the malignant priestess would make between the written and the spoken word.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2018
But the ill luck accompanied him from Munich.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 13, 2018
“Man!” he said, “but it made us afeard, for we expeckit that we should have to pay for it wi’ some rare piece o’ ill luck, so as to keep up the average.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
