unfortunate time
Example Sentences
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His pass had just been picked off, a most unfortunate turn at a most unfortunate time for USC, when Jayden Maiava took off sprinting toward the pylon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025
“So, yeah, it was an unfortunate time for a bad swing, but thankfully it didn’t hurt me.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2023
This year, they argued, would be an especially unfortunate time to downgrade the Tony Awards.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
It’s also hitting at a really unfortunate time, when pediatric care capacity has actually shrunk a little bit in this country, for a couple reasons.
From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2022
Joe and the others took my advice about not attempting the escape, but he decided the note should be saved as a historical document, and it later turned up at a very unfortunate time.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
