misfortune

It was forbidden to be eaten, and seen as having powers that beat back “demons and sorcerers” as well as “misfortune.”

These gentlemen, said Clausewitz in brief, had the misfortune of mistaking the accoutrements of war for its essential nature.

In the case of Kudo-kai case boss Nomura, the appropriate Japanese proverb appears to be: “The mouth is the gate of misfortune.”

But religion also compels us to fight the unjust, prejudiced systems that cause and perpetuate that misfortune.

She rattled off countless fundraisers in the past to help individual residents struck by misfortune.

This misfortune gave another opportunity to his detractors, and again the Emperor lent his authority to their false accusations.

During the hurried crossing of the mountains of Tolosa the Marshal had the misfortune to be thrown from his horse.

It is due to Alan to say that the misfortune of his wounded leg by no means cooled his courage.

It would be a misfortune if the impression were created that preferment to the episcopal bench was confined to High Churchmen.

An Irish officer had the misfortune to be dreadfully wounded in one of the late battles in Holland.