ill wind

Example Sentences

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Your neighbor is, like many people across the country right now, feeling anxious about a lot of ill wind, snow and rain coming their way.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 24, 2026

The fortuneteller was right, though it would take multiple championships—never mind three terms as Italy’s prime minister—for any ill wind to catch up with him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2025

“It was an ill wind, in the classic sense, that brought us some good,” O’Brien said.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Yet slowing economic momentum and policy easing in China, amid expectations for as many as seven U.S. rate hikes this year, has cast a pall over the yuan outlook, historically an ill wind for neighbours.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2022

“After all, it’s an ill wind that blows no good.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols