Sentence examples for misfortune occur from inspiring English sources

There are local understandings of the way that suffering and misfortune occur, often grounded in interpersonal relationships, and the English term "witchcraft" is often misleading.

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

Schleck's misfortune occurred just after he had launched what he obviously hoped would be the attack to increase his 31sec lead over Contador by a significant margin, thus weatherproofing him against his expected losses in Saturday's time trial.

One of those moments of misfortune occurred in Sunday's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley when Chelsea were awarded a goal that appeared not to cross the line, and went on to record a 5-1 victory.

A greater misfortune occurred when, at the onset of the southern winter, Aurora was torn from its moorings during a severe storm and was unable to return, leaving the shore party stranded.

When misfortunes occur, it always helps to have someone to blame.

For misfortune to occur so early in the tournament is a bad sign.

And my mother and father always told us that people's fortunes can turn quickly – that good fortune should never be assumed and misfortune can occur suddenly, without warning.

He said: "My mother and father always taught us that people's fortunes can turn quickly – that good fortune should never be assumed and misfortune can occur suddenly, without warning".

It appears a third time, gesticulating wildly, but as yet no misfortune has occurred and the nervous fellow is distressed at the fear of what horror might lie ahead.

With this history, one can understand why 2004 was such a bad-karma campaign year for the mainstream media, which collectively felt both more harshly attacked and less important — a pair of misfortunes that rarely occur at the same time.