Sentence examples for the misfortune of from inspiring English sources

People are enjoying watching the billionaires, gloating on the misfortune of the deserving misfortunate.

The misfortune of the railways has, however, benefited Lahore's elite.

This expedition had the misfortune of an unusually early monsoon.

"The misfortune of one person becomes the misfortune of a whole family," a human-rights activist explained.

A similar sangfroid attends the misfortune of several other miscreants.

The theme has the misfortune of being inexhaustible.

I thought again about the misfortune of the name.

The misfortune of others was the happiness of the man.

Ismail Khan, en route to see Brahui, suffered the misfortune of hitting the mine.

One reader of Le Parisien commented: "Don't rejoice in the misfortune of others.

"The misfortune of being an incorrigible optimist," is how he describes his predicament.