Sentence examples for it was misfortune from inspiring English sources

It was misfortune, not fecklessness or any other personal failing, that prevented him from fulfilling his potential.

This time, it was misfortune that cost them the initiative in a game, rather than any ill-advised attempts to extend their lead.

The Daily Telegraph is a little more measured, contending that it Saunders's "misfortune" that four doctors who examined Janner "all took the view that he was unfit to stand trial".

"It's been misfortune more than anything as to why we have not won as many points at home as we have away".

It was a misfortune, not a crime.

It was their misfortune that Thomas Cromwell, grieving for Wolsey, was watching in the wings.

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

"It was her misfortune that she was the caretaker of a dying brand," said Scott Donaton, the editor of Advertising Age.

It was his misfortune to come of age in the Depression era, when he had to work in dead-end jobs just to stay alive.

On his appointment in May 2008 he said that it was his misfortune to take on the job just as Ireland's property boom was ending.

It was his misfortune to secure the leadership of the 1922 committee at a time when there was a general decline in the party's fortunes.