misfortune

Example Sentences

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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

We pay to insure our cars, homes and even our lives against misfortune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

The hard fact is that genius isn’t reserved for the worthy any more than misfortune is reserved for the wicked.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

I think of Agnes's misfortune, Marguerite's seeming malice, and the certainty of Mother Ermentrude's justice.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein