Sentence examples similar to a misfortune at from inspiring English sources

It's a bit of slang now, a way to laugh at a misfortune beyond one's control.

Sometimes, in anger or rebellion, I had felt that it was at best a frustration and at worst a misfortune to be the son of such a possessive and sharply gifted teacher.

Lady Bracknell would have agreed that to lose two potential successors at Renault in the past two years was a misfortune, but to lose another at Nissan looks like carelessness.

We've had a lot of misfortune at home and could have done better.

As the Marlins are currently suffering through a period of misfortune at the outset of the season, it's difficult to associate the franchise with feelings of hope and optimism.

This led to a second date and then a third, at which point a misfortune occurred: Horst met their mother.

What made Jamal more likely to be pulled over and arrested than other Americans was his misfortune at being a Black man driving at night in a rich white suburb.

But she had to cope with solitude and misfortune at an early age.

Schleck has already gained an advantage by exploiting Contador's misfortune at being ensnared by a crash during the opening stage.

Without playing a match, Boris Becker withdrew from the Lipton Championships because of a respiratory infection, extending his misfortune at the Key Biscayne, Fla., tennis tournament.

In his 16 months in power, General Aoun has brought East Beirut's inhabitants enormous misfortune, at one point provoking a Syrian bombardment that drove most of them from their homes.