unfortunate time

Example Sentences

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“So, yeah, it was an unfortunate time for a bad swing, but thankfully it didn’t hurt me.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2023

These extravagant pay packages came at an unfortunate time for Live Nation.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

It’s also hitting at a really unfortunate time, when pediatric care capacity has actually shrunk a little bit in this country, for a couple reasons.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2022

"It's beyond the normal… and in the environment where countries are already struggling. It's a really unfortunate time," Andrew Jones, chief of the vaccine centre at UNICEF's supply division, said about the rotavirus shortage.

From Reuters • Aug. 10, 2022

Joe and the others took my advice about not attempting the escape, but he decided the note should be saved as a historical document, and it later turned up at a very unfortunate time.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela