misfortune
Example Sentences
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Accidents and misfortunes, especially being captured in wartime, could lead to enslavement.
Practical advice from one Charles Dickens in “Sketches by Boz”: “Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
Luckily, Storm Lever gave as good as she got with Anne’s solo, “Don’t Lose Ur Head,” and also threw a lot of shade at the wives who complained about lesser misfortunes.
From Los Angeles Times
Too bad the Cardinals had the misfortune of running into Wooden’s Bruins in a national semifinal.
From Los Angeles Times
He is not the sort of person to dwell on past misfortunes.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
