adverse fate
Example Sentences
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Meantime, the Greeks Sloping their shields, approach'd the walls of Troy,5 And Hector, by his adverse fate ensnared, Still stood exposed before the Scæan gate.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper
Instead of sinking under the redoubled blows of an adverse fate, the little Russian rebounded like a rubber ball.
From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
In vain has Armstrong striven against this adverse fate; in vain made endeavours to avert it.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
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 Rebekah Smith
My lot has been to meet The bitter mixed with transient sweet; To struggle on, in toil and care, The tide of adverse fate to bear.
From Poems With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Rebekah Smith
