Sentence examples for Misfortune from inspiring English sources

In March 1963 I had the misfortune to find myself standing in the dock in the Old Bailey.

My funds should not be frozen, as they are not savings that have been accruing interest," said Connor, whose misfortune was that the money hit her account two hours before the close of business on 15 March.

It's that they have spent their entire careers in the kind of politics that washes its hands if ever it has the misfortune of touching a voter.

But the individual profits to be made from the public's misfortune in health are enormous.

A rat-infested prison cell awaits Liz Hurley Elsewhere, Lost in Showbiz is distraught at the misfortune that continues to dog cinema's Elizabeth Hurley, whose only crimes are to have staged slightly vulgar weddings in two countries, flogged the pictures to Hello!, continued to dress her child in the manner favoured by young royals circa 1958 and been almost elaborately bad in Bedazzled.

Born in July 1971 in Camposampiero, a small town in the province of Padova, Dino had the misfortune to be born in the same generation as Roberto; only four years separate the pair.

In fact such is the humanising effect of a common misfortune, they almost felt drawn to him".

There was also misfortune for Carlos Sainz, who will start from the pit lane for failing to stop to have his car weighed during Q1.

In Juchitán, if you had the misfortune not to be born a woman, the next best thing was to behave like one.

The US retains the right to snoop on us in any way it pleases – and of course to spy on any US citizen who has the misfortune to exchange a phone call or an email message with us.

It was his misfortune to be a member of Labour's lost generation whose years were spent in opposition.