evil fortune

Example Sentences

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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

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

Whatever good or evil fortune might befall him was his concern and his only.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

When you want me, I shall come to you--at any hour of the day or night, in good or evil fortune.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann

It was the O'Shea's evil fortune to have fallen on one of these.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James