adverse fate
Example Sentences
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But adverse fate seemed at last to relent, and a light breeze sprung up from the southward.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
How many sudden tempests have broken over his bent back, how much adverse fate has fallen on his head, on his house, on his country!
From The Simple Life by Mary Louise Hendee
But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
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 Hannah More
He did not possess the boldness which disarms an adverse fate, nor that confidence in his own powers which smooths down wounded pride, and accounts even for failure.
From The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
