Sentence examples for misfortune on from inspiring English sources

"What the American people should pray is that somebody can't make the vote," he said in a floor remark that Democrats found offensive and suggestive of wishing misfortune on one of them.

I can't wait to watch the rest, including Nobody's Children and The White Angel, which pile misfortune on two lovers across not one but two feature films.

At last year's McDonald's L.P.G.A. Championship, Wendy Ward held a share of the lead after three rounds and trailed by only one stroke on the final day when she suffered a freakish misfortune on the 13th green.

The Luddites, however, blamed their misfortune on the machines themselves.

I'm finding it hard not to wish misfortune on them … Jesus, not that much misfortune though!

Smith, who won the Eclipse award for riders in 1993 and 1994, continues to experience misfortune on the comeback trail.

The team could ruminate on the misfortune for one more night.

As if ejection from Google's app store were not enough misfortune for one day, on Thursday Grooveshark and Escape Media were sued yet again.

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.

Never before in Masters history has a defending champion had to rebound from such misfortune to put on such a smiling face.

Sweerts had the fortune or the misfortune, depending on one's viewpoint, of living in a century in which art flourished on an international scale, and the competition was keen.