unluckily

Example Sentences

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Unluckily for McCoy, the home that had been burglarized was located on a street where he regularly rode his bicycle in a loop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Unluckily for those in attendance, who all have a motive and something to hide, esteemed detective Hercule Poirot is on his way and on the case.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2022

Unluckily for those of us in that particular boat, we’ll have plenty of time to keep waffling between the two.

From The Verge • Nov. 6, 2020

Unluckily, counting and rolling coins is a monotonous task.

From Encyclopedia.com • Sep. 19, 2018

Unluckily, he fell in within the county borders.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles