Sentence examples for misfortune having from inspiring English sources

Although Ross Noble's permanent return to this country is the result of personal misfortune (having emigrated to Australia, his home and most of his possessions were destroyed in the 2009 bushfires), the one small positive is that UK audiences will see more of him.

Michael Douglas plays Oren Little a petered out and always perturbed middle-aged widower whose down in the dumps luck and misfortune; having lost his wife to cancer and son to drugs, brings new meaning to male menopause.

Misfortune has been piled on misfortune.

"A misfortune has befallen you.

But lately the misfortune has mostly been the hackers' own.

The ship's misfortune has not dampened her enthusiasm.

A stroke of misfortune has offered a new way of seeing.

He swallowed hard after telling how his misfortune has left him virtually penniless.

A career that had been untouched by misfortune has taken a precarious turn.

The Mets' run of medical misfortune has spanned the past couple of seasons.

Misfortune has not dulled her sharp way with words, nor suppressed her flashes of grandeur".