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misfortune English

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What does misfortune mean?

misfortune

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

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Simple sentences

Good luck alternates with misfortune.
One man's misfortune is another man's fortune.
The misfortune deprived her of her reason.
He had the misfortune to lose his son.
She is dogged by misfortune.
A misfortune never comes alone.
The misfortune of the ants makes the elephants laugh.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
In the event of misfortune, celebrations are the best.
He had the misfortune to lose all his money.
Misfortune and misery threaten you.
Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.
When she heard that they were so happy, and so well off, envy and hatred rose in her heart and left her no peace, and she thought of nothing but how she could bring them again to misfortune.
He is misfortune.
She had to smile at her misfortune.
There were rumors about a misfortune.
Here he began to recount his misfortune in detail.
The old man could not bear his misfortune.

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It was you who heard the terrible misfortune. Do we have to talk about this?
Dear William, I have returned, but misfortune has followed me.
We have a family misfortune.
But you're the lowest excuse for a man I've ever had the misfortune to meet.
It's your misfortune.
He has the misfortune to be dumb.
The misfortune is yours, not ours.
I can only add that it's the public's misfortune that the law under which you were convicted doesn't carry a heavier penalty.
What do you call a man who takes advantage of a king's misfortune toseizehispower?
Misfortune.
We are beset by a great misfortune.
That's your misfortune.
I quite realise that it was my father's misfortune. to be the unwilling, unknowing cause of tragedy.
Otherwise, this misfortune wouldn't have happened.
Misfortune has made them bitter.
I've met some rotters in my time, but you're the lowest excuse for a man I've ever had the misfortune to meet.
What do you call a man who takes advantage of a king's misfortune to seize his power?
My misfortune is the worst.
What a misfortune! What a misfortune!
Deal with it, my son. I'm very sorry for your misfortune.
The Scottish lords have brought misfortune upon my people.
How can an unavoidable misfortune like this have any influence on the upright citizens of our fair city?
I had the misfortune to kill a man of influence.
My misfortune.
Anyone who has visited the Queen Ma has come upon terrible misfortune.
To be honest, I was only 12 and. such a misfortune was obviously too much for a boy my age.
The rumor of my misfortune soon spread and. by 5:00, the whole town was there.
Where to, you bearer of misfortune?! I put them on the obituaries, that I sent out on behalf of the attorney.
How can an unavoidable misfortune like this have any influence on the upright citizens of our fair city? -Baloney.
I thought everyone had heard of my misfortune.
No! If you wish to know the cause of your misfortune, come here and I'll tell you what threatens your happiness.
And you want to know if she's going to have the misfortune to marry you? Is that it?
Happiness is a misfortune that you can't see.

News and current affairs

But America's misfortune - and Iraq's - is inimical to European interests.
The main reason for this is that Ireland has been traumatized by economic misfortune over the past year.
Failure to understand and interpret the true and fundamental message of the Koran has brought only misfortune to Muslims.
OSAKA - To lose one prime minister may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two in one year looks like carelessness.
Good fortune and bad fortune alternate randomly, and the poorest people are particularly vulnerable when misfortune - like a hurricane in a fishing village - strikes.
But then the judges had the misfortune of realizing their fondest dream - trying in their court the arch-villain Slobodan Milosevic.
The Luddites, however, blamed their misfortune on the machines themselves.
The reason is clear: it is, thankfully, no longer fashionable to decry colonialism's evils in assigning blame for every national misfortune.
To lose one international lending institution head is misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness (my apologies to Oscar Wilde).
By forcing greater efficiency and collaboration, misfortune can yield benefit.

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