evil star

Example Sentences

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Alas, my critique, under what evil star wert thou born!

From My Reminiscences by Hesh, Sasi Kumar

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

Take care that you never stand in the light of that evil star.

From The Story of Hiawatha Adapted from Longfellow by Stokes, Winston

Molière's evil star, too, it was perhaps in part that brought him back to Paris, from Orleans.

From Classic French Course in English by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

He was known as Ez-Zogoiby, "the Unlucky;" and he was ever lamenting his evil star, against which he felt it was useless to struggle.

From The Moors in Spain by Lane-Poole, Stanley