Sentence examples for unfortunate luck from inspiring English sources
I had the unfortunate luck that Luis saved the initial attempt".
The Fuqua directors had the unfortunate luck to be insured by Reliance Enterprises, which went bankrupt.
"It was unfortunate luck," said Richard Fariello, a retired T.W.A. captain who works as a consultant to NASA.
The negotiations took five days, during which a village that had the unfortunate luck to be situated between the front lines was more or less returned to the soil.
A silver spiral painted on a long black jersey dress had the unfortunate luck to wind down in such a way as to look like thong underwear trailing around the model's ankles.
It might be a simple aberration, when by dumb, unfortunate luck we are faced with political choices that put the empty promises of personality politics ahead of the considered and complex policy prescriptions that might be better suited to the unique challenges of our moment.
Jennifer Convissor, a social worker with the society who has helped the mother and son, said that Ms. Thorogood's story was compelling because she had been determined "not to give up" in the face of her "combination of unfortunate circumstances and bad luck".
Neeson has been ubiquitous since "Taken," which has only made him more of a box-office draw; if he had followed James' path of supporting roles and unfortunate studio luck, would "Taken 2" have grossed $49.5 million last week?
Even in a state where political honeymoons are often perilously short, Bob Franks's campaign for New Jersey governor began with an unfortunate stroke of luck.
Jankovic, ranked 20th, only missed being seeded by one place, which makes her being drawn against the heavy medal favorite Williams (who won the singles title at Wimbeldon this year) an unfortunate stroke of luck for both.
If they were our own, we would have to fight -- often unsuccessfully -- the inclination to persuade ourselves that they weren't mistakes at all, but instances of bad luck, unfortunate timing or some other factor outside our control.
