bad break
Example Sentences
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With stroke play, he says, “one bad break like that would ruin your chances for the entire event.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
"He was my cause that week. Mentally, that helped. I never got stuck thinking about why I hit it left or why I had a bad break."
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024
Each week seemed to bring a new bad break.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023
It was a bad break for the driver who started the day eighth in points and was looking to make up ground with four races to go before the playoffs.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022
The week before the bald-headed teacher of the literature class had occasioned a bad break in the routine of the course by inconsiderately dying of pneumonia in the middle of the term.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
