misfortune

Example Sentences

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By leaning in to the misfortune of a lot of stolen chocolate, the company “embraced the opportunity and turned it into a positive.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

A year after he lampooned a judge in a mocking poem, he had the misfortune of standing before him charged with seditious libel for a pamphlet satirizing the Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Normally, others misfortune isn’t something I pile on, but oh, did that woman earn some scorn.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Undeterred by his misfortune two holes earlier, Bridgeman began the back nine with a birdie at No. 10 and an eagle at No. 11 to give himself a four-shot cushion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

It had fallen to her, like some undeserved misfortune, to teach me courtly behavior and guide my education.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein