How to Use misfortune in a Sentence

misfortune

noun
Definition of misfortunenext
Synonyms for misfortunenext
  • It was my misfortune to be chosen first.
  • Her injury was a great misfortune.
  • He blamed the party's misfortunes on poor leadership.
  • She endured her misfortune without complaint.
  • Does the run of mistakes and misfortune end Sunday against the Chiefs?
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Many people are hit with misfortune that is no fault of their own.
    — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
  • But that was just the opening chapter of their misfortune.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Some have suffered bizarre mishaps and misfortune and five men have died.
    — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Other times, the cause of her misfortunes was Ike himself.
    — Hillel Italie, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
  • Wood made a tour of the AFL in five seasons and had the misfortune of crossing paths with some of the league’s best quarterbacks as teammates.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 30 Oct. 2022
  • That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • With the opening of the medical college near the refugee camps, our parents prayed at the temple, the mosque, the church, thanking the Lord for the misfortune of others.
    — Akil Kumarasamy, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Charles, on the other hand, had the misfortune to come of age and marry just as the press realized the royals were a flock of golden geese to be plucked.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Hail, then bullets The shooting was not the only misfortune to hit Camp Hill in recent months.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
  • Armstead also had the misfortune of letting the ball squirt out of his arms with SDSU in the red zone early in the third quarter.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Shiv and Tom’s great battle is the sickly undercurrent to all of the Roy misfortunes.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 9 May 2023
  • The chance to seize on the misfortune of a rival was an open goal the supporters from northeast England were not going to miss.
    — Rob Harris, ajc, 13 Mar. 2022
  • To have a villainous ruler imposed on you was a misfortune.
    — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • One version of the tale said any man who refused a Leap Day proposal would face bad luck and misfortune.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The Frogs have had the misfortune of facing off against some very tough conference teams lately.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Kentucky has the misfortune of passing a grim milestone — 2,000 overdose deaths in a year.
    — Michael Tobin, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022
  • But 3% of people have also had the misfortune of having their dog chew on their smartphones.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • On top of all the scars and scabs, he’s got patchy hair that calls to mind a Barbie who has had the misfortune of meeting an overly excited child.
    — Vulture, 25 Mar. 2022
  • It could also be argued that Ms Begum is the author of her own misfortune.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The author has many points to make about Haiti in the book — perhaps too many — but chief among them is U.S. complicity in the country’s misfortunes.
    — Shawna Seed, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The second inning was a prime example of the misfortunes on offense.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The Celtics have the ability to recover from misfortune while the Lakers lack the resiliency.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
  • In Knight’s retelling, Pip learns that few fortunes are made without preying on the misfortune of others.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Then, with his first shot of the tournament, Woods had the misfortune of solidly striking an iron off the tee only to watch his ball come to rest in a divot.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 14 July 2022
  • Vincent, 51, was an All-American who had the misfortune on playing on UW teams that rarely won.
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2022

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