Sentence examples for unfortunate figures from inspiring English sources

Most nations have their unfortunate figures from history that it is bets not to mention at events like Olympics opening ceremonies.

How else to explain the fervent persistence of poor Laura, one of the many unfortunate figures portrayed by the show's bright young cast, in her pursuit of a black pump that somehow evaporated during a festive evening downtown?

He is an unfortunate figure himself".

* That tired old weasel Paul McMullan has cut an unfortunate figure on our screens ever since the former tabloid hack was dragged out of a drainpipe to offer his professional take on the current News International crisis.

Fassbender, who plays a character named Callum Lynch not seen in the games, is shown in hooded, lightly armoured garb, his weapons of choice ready to slip from beneath his sleeves to be plunged into the nearest unfortunate public figure or political rival.

EMBO Mol Med 1 (201-210) DOI: 10.1002/emmm.200900032 Due to an unfortunate oversight, the Figures in this review contain errors and were printed in the wrong order.

"Over the last eight years I believe we've seen a shift in society's preparedness to have a more open conversation about suicide, but we are not seeing any movement in what is an unfortunate static annual figure".

Since then, Lebanon has been plagued by a series of tit-for-tat car bombs across Beirut and the volatile Bekaa valley, with prominent Sunni and Shia figures – and unfortunate civilian bystanders – paying the price for Lebanon's descent into chaos.

The discussion is brief, and it is unfortunate that the Titanomys tooth figured (the 114th figure of [4]) seems to be grossly mislabeled, as pointed out by Bohlin [10].

"It's unfortunate about the box office figures, but thank God for Jurassic World," Fassbender joked.

There was further doom and gloom for the Socialists on Monday morning when, in an unfortunate stroke of timing, official figures were released showing France had cut its public deficit less quickly than planned.