adverse fate
Example Sentences
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My sister—yield thee to thy adverse fate; Think of thy father, think of Regulus; Has he not taught thee how to brave misfortune?
From The Inflexible Captive A Tragedy, in Five Acts by More, Hannah
But now my adverse fate took a sudden turn, and after so long a succession of cloudy prospects the sun broke out upon me.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
He may have been of high estate, He may have been a simple yeoman, Undaunted by an adverse fate, Brave was he as the bravest Roman.
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Reed, Helen Leah
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
She was the plaything of a relentlessly adverse fate.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
