adverse fate
Example Sentences
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No individual boy expected that he would be killed, or meet with any other adverse fate.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander
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
She was the plaything of a relentlessly adverse fate.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
I confined myself to the examination of those who may be properly designated the helpless victims of adverse fate.
From The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)
What are poverty and adverse fate and mocking hopes and disappointed ambition to the soul which is only journeying through an unfriendly world to a heritage that cannot fail?
From A String of Amber Beads by Holden, Martha Everts
