MISFORTUNE in a Sentence
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213 example sentences for MISFORTUNE, such as:
1. His was the greater misfortune.
2. She had the misfortune to break her leg.
3. One misfortune rides upon another's back.
4. A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
5. One misfortune comes on the neck of another.
2. She had the misfortune to break her leg.
3. One misfortune rides upon another's back.
4. A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
5. One misfortune comes on the neck of another.
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Meanings and Examples of MISFORTUNE
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misfortune
n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
n. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
Classic Sentence: (191 in 13 pages)
1 The campaign brought honours and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster.
2 At heart, each of them was secretly wondering whether he could not somehow turn Jones's misfortune to his own advantage.
3 In the strength of his misfortune, and the energy of his distress, he fired for the moment like a proud man.
4 It was on this occasion, as during his whole life, John's misfortune, not perfectly to understand the characters of those whom he wished to conciliate.
5 Thus prepared to consider herself as the victim of misfortune, Rebecca had early reflected upon her own state, and schooled her mind to meet the dangers which she had probably to encounter.
6 His was the greater misfortune.
7 His wife was a thin, pale, sharp kind of person with no fortune of her own, and the misfortune of having to regulate her husband's rather sordid amorous exploits.
8 By sitting together upstairs, they avoided a great deal of the disturbance of the house; Fanny had peace, and Susan learned to think it no misfortune to be quietly employed.
9 I look upon her intimacy with those two sisters as the greatest misfortune of her life and mine.
10 She looked down very decidedly upon the Hayters, and thought it would be quite a misfortune to have the existing connection between the families renewed--very sad for herself and her children.
11 "If no misfortune happens," she repeated slowly.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
12 "Well, if that means that your marriage is a misfortune to you, you know who is to blame," said Wildeve.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
13 "The marriage is no misfortune in itself," she retorted with some little petulance.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
14 However, it is my misfortune to be too sudden in feeling.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 8 Eustacia Hears of Good Fortune, and Beholds Evil
15 When she came to the covered car the horse, though fresh from the stable, was standing perfectly still, as if conscious of misfortune.
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1 Nothing is a greater misfortune than not being able to bear misfortune.
2 One misfortune comes on the neck of another.
3 One misfortune rides upon another's back.
4 It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.
5 Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.
6 To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune.
7 The very remembrance of my former misfortune proves a new one to me.
8 She had the misfortune to break her leg.
9 Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
10 They commiserated the misfortune of their teacher.
11 A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
12 She's suffered a good deal of misfortune over the years.
13 The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.
14 The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
15 Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life.