Sentence examples for was both unfortunate from inspiring English sources

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Depending on one's perspective, I was both unfortunate and fortunate.

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It would seem to me to be both unfortunate and disproportionate," he added.

But I found his derisive reference to "Susie Smith" and her "job at the local pillow factory that is moving to the Caribbean" to be both unfortunate and repellent.

Cutting off access to the workplace in this way is both unfortunate and unnecessary — and reinforces the threat that the current downturn could cause a long-term reduction in the share of people who work.

Mr. Daley Secretary Harris's effort to cut off the vote counting in Florida by imposing a new requirement on counties in Florida, which are still counting votes, is both unfortunate and inexplicable.

"While is it not clear precisely what prime minister Abe is proposing in the short term, the fact that he has told a parliamentary committee that he wants to aim towards the resumption of commercial whaling is both unfortunate and unhelpful," McCully, the New Zealand foreign minister, said in a statement.

In the aftermath of the tragedy at the World Trade Center, it is both unfortunate and embarrassing to see that there are still people shilling for public expenditures on new sports facilities ("New Stadiums Slip Far Down on List of Priorities," Sept. 20).

During the event, she said: "It has been both unfortunate and unfair for HIV infection to be considered a shameful disease, for people living with HIV to be judged as blameworthy, and for AIDS to be equated with certain death.

"It is both unfortunate and ironic that this announcement comes the day after this country celebrates Thanksgiving a historic exchange of goodwill between Native Americans and the first immigrants from Europe," Archambault said.

"It is both unfortunate and disrespectful that this announcement comes the day after this country celebrates Thanksgiving--a historic exchange of goodwill between Native Americans and the first immigrants from Europe," Archambault said.

For a sport that has a long history of progressing slowly, it was both surprising and unfortunate to see this issue pushed one year too soon.

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