evil star

Example Sentences

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"I was born, I suppose, under an evil star; for nothing prospers with me."

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

My third experience of a "pig-headed" master mariner, followed very quickly—so quickly, that I began to think some evil star attended my fortunes, or rather misfortunes.

From "Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Becke, Louis

An evil star, it would seem, has so far pursued you.

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

And yet you may escape Your evil star.

From Turandot, Princess of China A Chinoiserie in Three Acts by Bithell, Jethro

He was born under an evil star, he said, and would not be free of its spell until he had passed through a period of servitude.

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith