ill luck
Example Sentences
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The Green Lantern, a secondary figure in the DC Comics pantheon, had the ill luck to be trapped in a 2011 Ryan Reynolds film even its director didn’t like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
“Don’t you name him. Don’t you do that, till he’s past two years. It’s ill luck to name them When they’re still on the breast. You crows may not know that, but it’s true.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
