stroke of bad luck

Example Sentences

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It’s the latest stroke of bad luck for Roff, who suffered an arm injury against Wisconsin on Sept. 9, missed the next three games, then returned Oct.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023

The earlier, forgivable error had been compounded by a huge stroke of bad luck.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

One misstep, one con, one stroke of bad luck can be all it takes to derail them.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2019

In a stroke of bad luck -- or maybe there is such a thing as the "Drake curse" -- a series of teams or players have lost after the rapper has expressed support for them.

From Fox News • Jun. 4, 2019

Or have we just had a stroke of bad luck?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank