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
These extravagant pay packages came at an unfortunate time for Live Nation.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
"It's beyond the normal… and in the environment where countries are already struggling. It's a really unfortunate time," Andrew Jones, chief of the vaccine centre at UNICEF's supply division, said about the rotavirus shortage.
From Reuters ● Aug. 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Joe and the others took my advice about not attempting the escape, but he decided the note should be saved as a historical document, and it later turned up at a very unfortunate time.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
