Sentence examples for Such a misfortune from inspiring English sources

"That's a promise I'm making today to this community, which has undergone such a misfortune".

Taking advantage of such a misfortune is cycling's equivalent of eating peas with a knife but Contador won the race on the Champs Elysées by exactly the 39 seconds he gained thanks to Schleck's chain pain.

If life is hard and often destructive, the question Sophocles asks is not how did this come to be or why did such a misfortune have to happen but rather, given the circumstances, how must one conduct oneself, how should one act, and what must one do.

While all family members are forced to bear the brunt of such a misfortune, the more vulnerable members in the equation, particularly women and children, tend to take on the burden disproportionately [ 19].

The Duke welcomed the French commander – "I am very sorry that such a cruel misfortune should have fallen upon a soldier for whom I have the highest regard".

To such a depth of misfortune have we fallen that, while the Medes' success had been our ruin, Thebans now supplant us in your once fond regards; and we have been subjected to two dangers, the greatest of any- that of dying of starvation then, if we had not surrendered our town, and now of being tried for our lives.

Some communities in remote areas believe that they will suffer a misfortune such as a natural disaster unless menstruating women are secluded.

For a poet to lose such a talent would have been a misfortune.

What also came out such tragic misfortune was the beginning of a dialogue on a topic that has been far too ignored in the Black community -- mental illness.

The stars never align for them, and the cards always seem to fall in such a fashion promoting only of their misfortune.

If you have the misfortune of dealing with such a slug, work carefully with the personnel department.