unlucky hour
Example Sentences
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From this unlucky hour forth Gerald's comrades held themselves all aloof from him.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
What I dreaded was, that in some unlucky hour I, being at my grimiest and commonest, should lift up my eyes and see Estella looking in at one of the wooden windows of the forge.
From Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles
If only nothing's struck in an unlucky hour.
From The Bishop and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
"Alas, Henry," said the mother after the warmth of the first greetings had passed, "you come at an unlucky hour."
From Nonsense Novels by Leacock, Stephen
Black day, accursed! on thee let no man hail Out of the port, or dare to hoist a sail, Or row a boat in thy unlucky hour!
From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John
