Sentence examples for * evil luck from inspiring English sources

The women of this family — we have this awful, evil luck.

Epstein's "Homo/hetero: The Struggle for Sexual Identity" elaborates on the condition of those men cursed ("in the medieval sense of having been struck by an unexplained injury, an extreme piece of evil luck") with such perversion.

And we have astronomy, as the Bard put it, "But not to tell of good or evil luck, / Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality".

Above all, it is a sophisticated exploration of issues of morality, evil and luck.

There is evidence later that Coptic Christians used pilgrimage tattoos in an apotropaic manner, that is to say as a means of protection from evil or bad luck.

Though she is not ritually invested with the sins, evils, or ill luck of the tribe, she is nevertheless a scapegoat of sorts — a propitiatory figure saddled with the culture's burdensome ideals of wifely and maternal virtue.

The bright colors were used to chase away evil spirits and bad luck.

Many superstitious Filipinos usher in the new year with powerful firecrackers, believing that noisy celebrations, largely influenced by Chinese tradition, drive away bad luck and evil.

"If we are the great innocents in this war, then where did we learn all the evil we practice?" My Luck asks.

"They play on superstitions that members of the Chinese culture have where they believe their family will be affected by bad luck, and evil spirits," he said, adding, "We had to think outside the box".

This practice involves passing black chickens, herbs, rocks or eggs over a person's body to draw out illness and evil and bring good luck.