adverse fate

Example Sentences

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He had stood before her, his shoulders bowed beneath his adverse fate, and had not dared to raise his eyes to hers.

From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz

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

He did not possess the boldness which disarms an adverse fate, nor that confidence in his own powers which smooths down wounded pride, and accounts even for failure.

From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The game was up--no doubt of it--but the abb� was not one to bow under adverse fate and play the penitent.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

Dear Annie: What though thy lot has been to bear Much adverse fate, ’mid toil and care, Raised expectations crushed and dead, And hope’s triumphant visions fled?

From Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Smith, Rebekah