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
Committed to staying healthier this season, Davis has suffered some rotten luck.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2022
“Occasionally you do” lament the rotten luck, Fangio followed up.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021
He’d had rotten luck this afternoon, hadn’t sold a single box.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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