Sentence examples for an unfortunate pairing from inspiring English sources

Tina Fey and Reese Witherspoon both wore purple, an unfortunate pairing.

That would be an unfortunate pairing, since an alliance with the army is likely both to reinforce Miss Megawati's conservative instincts and to prevent a serious investigation into past army abuses.

It's an odd departure for a country that famously let some really ridiculous names fly, like "Violence," "Number 16 Bus Shelter" (the place of conception, one commenter suggests), and "Benson" and "Hedges" for an unfortunate pair of twins.

It's a style that can be challenging, and the thriller plot – involving a reclusive, ghastly music producer (like a dreadfully gone-to-seed South African Simon Cowell) and an unfortunate pair of X-Factor-ish teen-pop twins – isn't much help.

The children were selected -- by a team that included Apted -- as representatives of a broad spectrum, ranging from a posh trio of who already had their educational plans mapped out to a less unfortunate pair who were in state care.

Less than impressed with Timbaland's rapping and "less than sexy" vocal appeal, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times said the "unfortunate pairing" was reprised, and the song "encapsulates the record's shortcomings".

Finch wore a very unfortunate red jumper paired with a yet more unfortunate pair of orange dungarees, which made her friends wonder if they would ever be successful with Finch.

One unfortunate pair lost 1,100, collecting an absolute zero.

Predictably, the unfortunate pair's one attempt to add a little risk into their monotonous existences ends up delivering far more excitement than they could ever have hoped for, as it turns out that the Tripplehorns are being sought by gangsters over a missing flashdrive that contains some salacious images of an important political figure.

The unfortunate pair will for ever be haunted by the dreadful moment they missed the penalties which condemned England to the role of runners-up in a dazzling and ultimately cruel World Cup semi-final here.

The upward slope of the toe wasn't that different from what you'd find on a pair of Dutch klompen, or on an unfortunate, once-worn pair of crepe-soled blue leather boots I bought in London in the late '90s.