evil star
Example Sentences
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Take care that you never stand in the light of that evil star.
From The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow by Stokes, Winston
Assessor Hubert could not have come at a more inopportune moment, but the evil star which had always controlled this young man's wooing, now guided him into the presence of his beloved.
From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
It was a grievous disappointment; my evil star, I thought, had not yet waned.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Bourne, Benjamin Franklin
Tell, in the poet's own words, what this "evil star" was.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature by Ontario. Ministry of Education
But he was born under an evil star, which counteracted all the gifts of fortune, and turned them into a curse.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
