adverse fate
Example Sentences
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He may have been of high estate, He may have been a simple yeoman, Undaunted by an adverse fate, Brave was he as the bravest Roman.
From Memorial Day and Other Verse by Reed, Helen Leah
Yet he resolved that what adverse fate got out of him, should be on terms that would cover him with more glory than ordinary success could possibly do.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
They had no alternative but to submit to their adverse fate, and in several detachments they were transported to their new homes.
From The White Squaw by Reid, Mayne
But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.
My dear Madam, there are chains which hold us as the cable holds the ship; and, in their sure restraint, we safely ride through all the howling blasts of adverse fate.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various
