Sentence examples for misfortune to be from inspiring English sources

Furious supporters vented their anger on journalists who had the misfortune to be at hand.

And those sad individuals like myself that have the misfortune to be both, are doubly happy.

In this case Cumbria had the misfortune to be in the path of an "atmospheric river".

For the first, she borrowed from Kierkegaard: "What a misfortune to be a woman!

He had the misfortune to be an excellent composer who merely happened to be Czech.

Five years ago I had the misfortune to be diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening illness.

"I turned and saw" has the misfortune to be what it hates.

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

Whoever gets the job will inherit a century of misfortune, to be sure, but also a rich opportunity.

The currency, however, had the misfortune to be birthed just as the idealism that fired Europe's integration sagged.

It was Webster's misfortune to be superseded in his philology in the very decade that his masterpiece came out.