evil fortune
Example Sentences
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His evil fortune stayed skulking behind the great curtains of the woods until after Gentleman Johnny had forced the Rebel army to evacuate Fort Ticonderoga.
From Time Magazine Archive
But evil fortune fell on him; he was forced to place his ward in the Brandenburg Dime Museum in Philadelphia, where she was first exhibited.
From Time Magazine Archive
The youth carefully observed these injunctions, lying with his face covered, with perfect composure, awaiting those spiritual visitations which were to seal his good or evil fortune.
From Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
The forebodings of evil fortune were just as plainly shown.
From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne
At first evil fortune followed the patriots, and they were badly defeated in the battle of Fanfa, where their greatest leader, Bento Gonçalves, was captured and carried to Rio.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
