unfortunate time

Example Sentences

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“His elbow just kind of barked at an unfortunate time for him, but we’ve gotten it looked at,” Elias said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 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

"The fact it has come at a very unfortunate time I think is beyond question," he said, referring to a key donor conference co-hosted by the United Kingdom, Germany and Qatar scheduled for Thursday.

From Reuters • Mar. 29, 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Joe and the others took my advice about not attempting the escape, but he decided the note should be saved as a historical document, and it later turned up at a very unfortunate time.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