Sentence examples for one misfortune from inspiring English sources

However, there is one misfortune - there is no son.

As late as draft eleven, the loss of Methfessel still registered in the poem's concluding stanza as the one misfortune Bishop could not withstand: "My losses haven't been too hard to master / with this exception (Say it!) this disaster".

Our accident-prone hero, Jeremy Sloane Nick Frostt), drifts from one misfortune or misunderstanding to another, finding refuge in the pub and a spot of blokey banter with the lads.

They say one misfortune rarely comes alone.

With jobs scarce, and with government safety nets shrinking, one misfortune -- a layoff, an injury, a mortgage default -- can transform a person's life beyond recognition.

He's poor because he's had one misfortune after the other.

Duflo was amazed by the offense people took, although she agrees that it is "emotionally and morally difficult" to weigh one misfortune against another.

It's somewhat odd that Fagin's book has come out now, a reminder of one misfortune as Toms River is dealing with another.

But we know to override our generalizations sometimes — to have the sense, for example, that it might be in poor taste to report on one's misfortune by commenting that this misfortune more frequently befalls other people.

But the tenacious Eppie is not one to dwell long on misfortune.

Misfortune has been piled on misfortune.