unluckily

Example Sentences

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Maybe that's still a valid argument but the miss was a catastrophic blow to a team that only trailed 1-0 at the time - and a touch unluckily at that.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

But for the first time — unluckily for the Nationals — MLB instituted a lottery, under the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement, in an attempt to reduce the incentive for teams to tank.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

And nothing makes you count your blessings quite like watching fictional characters escape death, like the college student in 2014's "Kristy" who unluckily stays on campus alone during Thanksgiving break.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021

But unluckily for farmers, fall armyworms aren’t picky eaters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

But one match, unluckily, struck right next to a pile of that morning’s newspapers.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden