adverse fate
Example Sentences
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He did not possess the boldness which disarms an adverse fate, nor that confidence in his own powers which smooths down wounded pride, and accounts even for failure.
From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
They had no alternative but to submit to their adverse fate, and in several detachments they were transported to their new homes.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
My dear Madam, there are chains which hold us as the cable holds the ship; and, in their sure restraint, we safely ride through all the howling blasts of adverse fate.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various
How many sudden tempests have broken over his bent back, how much adverse fate has fallen on his head, on his house, on his country!
From The Simple Life by Hendee, Mary Louise
What adverse fate had drifted her into the service of old Long Potter I 'm sure I don't know, for she had bewitching ways, and a gentle voice that won all hearts.
From The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas by Gaunt, Mary
