MISCHANCE in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for MISCHANCE, such as:
1. He always laughed at mischance.
2. By mischance, he lost his week's salary.
3. It appears, according to your account, that if by mischance a Musketeer is arrested, France is in danger.
4. He would have been discovered by the beating of his heart, if by any mischance the jailers had entered at that moment.
5. One of his most intimate friends was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty.
2. By mischance, he lost his week's salary.
3. It appears, according to your account, that if by mischance a Musketeer is arrested, France is in danger.
4. He would have been discovered by the beating of his heart, if by any mischance the jailers had entered at that moment.
5. One of his most intimate friends was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty.
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Meanings and Examples of MISCHANCE
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mischance
n. unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
Classic Sentence:
1 He always laughed at mischance.
2 Anne could do no more; but her heart prophesied some mischance to damp the perfection of her felicity.
3 He would have been discovered by the beating of his heart, if by any mischance the jailers had entered at that moment.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.
Context Highlight In Chapter 20. The Cemetery of the Chateau D'If.
4 It appears, according to your account, that if by mischance a Musketeer is arrested, France is in danger.
5 The execution of a plot may be frustrated by some groundless alarm or unforeseen mischance occurring at the very moment when the scheme is to be carried out.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
6 As to the mischances which may befall, since these are unforeseen, they can only be instanced by examples which may make men more cautious.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
7 But because, as I have said elsewhere, there is in everything a latent evil peculiar to it, giving rise to new mischances, it becomes necessary to provide against these by new ordinances.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XI.
8 That is the reason that by the side of my misfortunes yours appear to me mere mischances; that is why my dreadful position makes yours appear enviable.
9 One of his most intimate friends was a merchant who, from a flourishing state, fell, through numerous mischances, into poverty.
Example Sentence:
1 By mischance, he lost his week's salary.