bad luck

Example Sentences

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The idea, which took root quickly among users and influencers, is that America is a tough place to survive because a single stroke of bad luck can derail your life.

From BBC

"It's not that he wasn't concentrating. It was just a bit of bad luck."

From Barron's

Never one to be discouraged by his persistent bad luck, Hunt turned his cell into a salon visited by William Hazlitt and Thomas Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their conditions are not known to be genetically linked - and they say it's just "bad luck" that it has hit their family twice.

From BBC

And I wasn’t allowed to go to the funeral—Daddy thought it was bad luck to have a child so close to the Grim Reaper.

From Literature