ill fortune
Example Sentences
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Okrepkie, 45, a commercial real estate agent, was displaced through ill fortune.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
A mixture of poor judgement and ill fortune lurk behind most of those spot-kicks - two things the Tigers could do without if they are to escape from trouble.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2016
It is the turbulent depiction of Pericles’ long, arduous battle with ill fortune, and the miraculous turns that restore his family to him, that give the play its appeal.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2016
Others who love the team but loathe the name are upset by the mere possibility that someone would wish ill fortune on coaches and players who have no say when it is changed.
From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2013
For some time the three companions stood still and silent, troubled by this new stroke of ill fortune.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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