adverse fate

Example Sentences

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How many sudden tempests have broken over his bent back, how much adverse fate has fallen on his head, on his house, on his country!

From The Simple Life by Hendee, Mary Louise

I will unroll before your eyes a scene, partly the result of an adverse fate, partly of a dark mystery, representing joy and also deep sorrow.

From The Golden Age in Transylvania by Jókai, Mór

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 Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

She was the plaything of a relentlessly adverse fate.

From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred

But no, defiance had no hand in that, simply adverse fate.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.