Sentence examples for misfortune without from inspiring English sources

How does a human being confront profound misfortune without sinking into perpetual anger and resentment?

We can't join in a good-natured ribbing of another team's misfortune without being told, "Well, at least I have a team".

The teardrop factor is upped after the plucky team captain is paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident and seems to adapt to his misfortune without missing a beat.

I advocate erring on the side of privacy because we shouldn't intrude further on others' misfortune without a clear and overriding benefit to readers and because The Times's reputation is better served by placing a victim's privacy rights above other considerations.

Gardens do not grow without weeds, and life does not unfold without misfortune.

Ms Meloy put her characters through hell, piling on mishaps and misfortunes, though without ever losing her stylistic cool.

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".

Sales of his paintings began to rise, and in 1979 his work was crowned with a retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. (This success did not come without family misfortune: in 1974 a car smash had killed his small son and left him badly injured).Does the adversity show?

Without that misfortune, Pedro would be right up with Vettel and Alonso, if not ahead of them.

Without that misfortune, Hamilton would be right up with Vettel and Alonso, if not ahead of them.