Sentence examples for simple and unfortunate from inspiring English sources

We need to explain this as often as we can, because while it may seem obvious to us, we have been blessed see above with indication after indication that large swathes of the government and the media are too ignorant to understand this simple and unfortunate truth.

"The simple and unfortunate reality is that for all the progress made in recent years, LGBT Americans still lack fundamental federal legal protections when it comes to issues like employment and housing," said David Stacy, government affairs director for the Human Rights Campaign.

"The baseless arrest of one of the nation's most esteemed scholars is wrong and unfortunate, whether racism or simple abuse of authority is to blame," Mr. Thompson wrote.

We can also interpret the speaker's tone as existential frustration, i.e., nobody knows anything now — or ever — including the speaker, and this simple, unfortunate fact is fact.

Although this limited edition accounts for less than one per cent of sales, and other versions are apparently unaffected, this simple but unfortunate glitch - a mix-up at the pressing plant - recalls the efforts of one Tyler Durden, Fight Club's charismatic anti-hero.

Ms. Whitson of Human Rights Watch said the Obama administration's failure to be more assertive with Bahrain's monarchy reflected what she called "a fairly simple but unfortunate formula: a stable ally that serves a role in the larger regional conflict that the United States has decided it has with Iran".

That is both ironic and unfortunate.

It was a wet and unfortunate day".

"It's tragic and unfortunate," he said.

This is regrettable and unfortunate.

This is wrongheaded and unfortunate.