Sentence examples similar to encountering misfortune from inspiring English sources

He encountered misfortune in all three of his starts.

Mr. Robertson, who was gathering information, leads and potential witnesses, also encountered misfortune.

Note that friends and colleagues often become strangers when someone encounters misfortune?

Few of us, for example, imagine that our premiums will eventually be used to pay off the claims of others who encounter misfortune.

From then on he encountered increasing misfortune.

I once interviewed a Tory chairman of a hospital board which had encountered a misfortune so severe that Ministers had thrown him to the wolves.

The program can also encounter other misfortunes, such as the absence of docket numbers or dates.

(Dargis) 'Shady Lady' (No rating, 1 30) This docudrama, about an Australian World War II bombing mission that encountered multiple misfortunes on its return flight from Borneo, suffers from erratic direction and a focus on technical details over dramatic momentum.

The thriller follows a group of strangers who find themselves encountering monsters and misfortunes on the night before Christmas.

The Rangers won division championships three times on Melvin's watch but had the misfortune of encountering the Yankees in the first round of the playoffs each time.

In every city there is the possibility of death — even if the chance on any given day is one in a million — and in a big city like this someone is always encountering some sort of misfortune.