rotten luck
Example Sentences
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What rotten luck for you that “The Grapes of Wrath” should not only have come out be- fore your book was submitted but should have so swept the country!
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024
The kind that makes up for so many also-ran seasons — some self-inflicted, some just rotten luck.
From New York Times • May 19, 2022
“Occasionally you do” lament the rotten luck, Fangio followed up.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021
Minnesota has had such rotten luck and endured so much tragedy in recent years that pondering a homecoming for Suggs, a West St. Paul, Minn., native, feels like an unnecessary jinx.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021
"What rotten luck for me. We've had a jolly time here at Burguete."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
