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Example sentences for "unfortunate"

Lexicographically close words:
unforgotten; unformed; unformulated; unforseen; unfortified; unfortunately; unfortunates; unfossiliferous; unfounded; unframed
  1. These hopes ended in another but not less unfortunate way, through the Parthian arrow which struck the crown-prince before the walls of Artageira.

  2. It will be seen at once how such a congenital antipathy would tend to isolate the person who was its unfortunate victim.

  3. And there was this unfortunate deserted sick man lying between life and death, beyond all help unless some unexpected assistance should come to his rescue.

  4. Shall the unfortunate sufferer go all his days with his face turned far round to the right or the left, or shall an attempt be made to replace the dislocated bones?

  5. Scarcely was this done, however, when it was discovered that the unfortunate man had been wronged; that it was another Walters who had been a post master, &c.

  6. So thought the unfortunate post master, whose tone now changed considerably.

  7. During the reading of that instrument, a sudden change came over the countenance of the unfortunate post master.

  8. For some time the unfortunate man was speechless.

  9. After we had dispatched this part of the business, we turned our attention to the companion of the unfortunate baggage-master, who had been observing our proceedings with the utmost equanimity, though not without interest.

  10. But a stranger occupied the store where the unfortunate B.

  11. Upon this unfortunate post master was thrown the charge of seeing that the city received no detriment from the demoralizing influence of Clarinda!

  12. The scalp of the unfortunate Indian was soon stripped from the skull, and, with its dark and flowing locks, formed a trophy of the short combat, and made the subject of a tale around the fireside of the bold and hardy pioneer.

  13. The necessary complaint was made, a warrant issued, and the unfortunate young man taken into custody by the U.

  14. It can be imagined how much a response of this description was calculated to open the heart, or invite the confidence of the unfortunate Thomas.

  15. The Count cast a withering glance upon the unfortunate plotter.

  16. His last volume embraces the government of Iturbide as Emperor, and also his unfortunate death, ending with the establishment of the Mexican Federal Republic in 1824.

  17. He asked Bragwell what was to be done with the unfortunate woman, who now seemed to recover fast, but she did not see them, for they were behind.

  18. I thought that those unfortunate discoveries Had lower'd your spirits so, you had resolv'd To keep at home this night.

  19. It was arranged in the usual manner on board merchant ships--that is to say, it had standing bunks round each side of it, in which the bedding of the unfortunate seamen still remained, precisely as when the ship struck.

  20. Be this as it may, the moment of the proa's arrival in the river was a most unfortunate one for the occupants of the punt, who were seen and chased by the Malays the moment that their vessel rounded the point.

  21. He had heard one or two perfectly hideous stories of atrocities committed by those wretches when unfortunate ships' crews had fallen into their hands.

  22. I joined the party because I had no fancy for being left to die on a desert island, like those unfortunate passengers or the poor skipper and Mr Manners; but I didn't then know what was before me, sir.

  23. Being in the water he, of course, heard the plunge of the unfortunate man before the sound reached our ears, and at once made off, as we saw, in that direction.

  24. The head, enormously wide, seems that of two rattlesnakes united; the fangs hanging out of the mouth, on which the still-palpitating hearts of the unfortunate victims were rubbed as an act of the most acceptable oblation.

  25. Woe to the unfortunate vessel which touched upon the coast!

  26. Mr. Reade did not see the unfortunate mother, but was afterwards told that she had been flogged into confessing that she and she only had bewitched the man.

  27. I'm the most unfortunate woman--the poorest in the whole connection.

  28. I have no means at all--unfortunate creature that I am--but perhaps I can make myself useful enough to earn my bread.

  29. Such is the vehemence of these attacks, that the unfortunate subjects of them are often driven backwards for great distances at immense speed, on the well-known principle of the aeolipile.

  30. There is another unfortunate way of looking, which is peculiar to that amiable sex we do not like to find fault with.

  31. Glaser replied that he would willingly serve so noble and unfortunate a lady as Johanna Elizabetha, but he refused to take the responsibility of administering the powder.

  32. Those who are fortunate at cards are unfortunate in all else, they say,' she remarked, as she noted her winnings in her neat scholarly handwriting.

  33. Did the ambassadors believe their task to be nearing completion, the other side had always a fresh plea, a new quibble; and the winter was far advanced before these unfortunate envoys declared that they could do no more.

  34. One wonders whether the Emperor had sufficient historical learning to smile at this unfortunate reference.

  35. But being a lover and a chivalrous gentleman, the unfortunate paragraph roused him to a white heat of championship for his mistress.

  36. At least the unfortunate Johanna Elizabetha was granted the happiness of watching over her gentle, sickly son.

  37. Some of the good that we had accomplished was undone after the close of my Administration by the unfortunate law creating a Commerce Court; but the major part of the immense advance we had made remained.

  38. It was a hazardous trip for the unfortunate naval militiamen, but it was safely accomplished; and joy and peace descended upon the Senator and the Congressman, and upon the President whom they had jointly harassed.

  39. The unfortunate man who had thus been cursed with a granted wish closed his doors in despair and wrote us a final pathetic letter in which he requested us to remove either the horses or his shop, he didn't care which.

  40. One of the houses assaulted was occupied by an unfortunate cripple--who, unable to fly from the fury of the mob, was so beaten by some of the ruffians, that he has since died in consequence of the bruises and wounds inflicted .

  41. Ignorance, idleness, and vice, are at once the punishments we inflict upon these unfortunate people for their complexion; and the crimes with which we are constantly reproaching them.

  42. All sorts of "hard luck" stories kept coming to town from neighboring farmers, who were so unfortunate as to live in the lowlands, where the soil's richness had tempted them to make their homes.

  43. And also find the girls all right," added Steve, who had apparently quite forgotten how Bessie had recently cut him cruelly, while suffering from an unfortunate misunderstanding.

  44. The unfortunate Huzareh tribe are constantly the sufferers, and the traveller will recognize more slaves of that than of any other "clan.

  45. But the cruel Genghis, after wasting the country with fire and sword, set on foot a strict search for such of the unfortunate inhabitants as had fled from his tyranny.

  46. Come, poor little daughters of an unfortunate father, try to find something to eat; listen to me with the full heed of an empty belly.

  47. Gervaise admitted this, but nevertheless his regret at the fate of so many unfortunate captives quite overpowered for the time his satisfaction at the complete success that had been achieved.

  48. The unfortunate King Henry was again thrown into his dungeon in the Tower, and Edward found himself once more King of England.

  49. When away in the galley with Sir Louis Ricord, I used to feel the greatest pity for the unfortunate wretches when at daybreak, in their drenched clothes, and shivering with cold and wet, they rose to commence their work.

  50. It is an unfortunate loss indeed, Sir Louis," he said, "though it may be that the victory is not too dearly purchased.

  51. If the Turks learn that their countrymen in our hands are treated with a certain amount of kindness and consideration, it might lead them to act similarly to those of our Order who may be unfortunate enough to fall into their hands.

  52. That is so, Ralph; we knew, of course, that as the ships had but just started we should find nothing in them save the cargo of that unfortunate craft they captured.

  53. Unless I were so unfortunate as to meet a Yorkist noble who knew that I was a banished man and one who had the honour of being in your Majesty's confidence, I do not think that any danger could possibly arise.

  54. The doctor, with a well assumed look of professional concern on his face, said to the officer in command of the squad: "That is a trifle unfortunate just now.

  55. Then one of them added: "It is unfortunate that Agatha is to dine at The Forest to-day, with our cousins, the Misses Blair.

  56. They have also to thank Mr. Pegram most sincerely for having taken upon himself the disagreeable duty of giving painless death to the unfortunate animal that their niece was riding upon that occasion.

  57. I was unfortunate as regarded footgear, since I had given away my heavy Burberry boots on the floe, and had now a comparatively light pair in poor condition.

  58. We were still losing some dogs through worms, and it was unfortunate that the doctors had not the proper remedies.

  59. This cold spell in midsummer was most unfortunate from our point of view, since it cemented the pack and tightened the grip of the ice upon the ship.

  60. Then the brute would dive, to come up a few moments later, perhaps, under some unfortunate seal reposing on the ice.

  61. Three men constituted the watch below, and when a man went down it was better to turn into the wet bag just vacated by another man than to thaw out a frozen bag with the heat of his unfortunate body.

  62. During that afternoon we saw bits of wreckage, the remains probably of some unfortunate vessel that had failed to weather the strong gales south of Cape Horn.

  63. It was unfortunate that the dogs had to be worked so early after their arrival in the Antarctic.

  64. The unfortunate position of my boat was explained while the family gathered round me, after which we sat down to supper.

  65. The freedmen, for so unfortunate a class, seem to be remarkably well behaved.

  66. I danced about to keep warm, and for a moment thought that my canoe voyage had come to an unfortunate termination.

  67. The Maryland legislature passed a law to protect all grouse introduced into the state; but a new danger threatened these unfortunate birds.

  68. Mr. X declared himself unable to answer this question, but generously offered to permit the agent to put down any number of acres he thought would represent a fair thing between a kind government and one of its unfortunate citizens.

  69. I must particularly entreat you not to suppose that my fancy and unfortunate habit of fiction has anything to do with the picture I have just presented to you.

  70. If you care to consider Labor's version of this unfortunate incident you are urged to read the following truthful account of this almost unbelievable piece of mediaeval intrigue and brutality.

  71. Then the mob surged around the unfortunate men who had been found in the Union hall.


  72. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unfortunate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abortive; afflictive; apocalyptic; awkward; bad; baleful; baneful; black; bootless; calamitous; contrary; dark; deplorable; depressed; devil; dire; disastrous; distressing; dreary; evil; failed; failing; fatal; fateful; foreboding; fruitless; futile; gloomy; graceless; grievous; hapless; heartbreaking; heartrending; ill; impolitic; improper; inadvisable; inappropriate; inapt; inauspicious; incongruous; inconvenient; ineffective; ineffectual; inept; inexpedient; infelicitous; inopportune; intrusive; irrelevant; lame; lamentable; late; loser; lowering; luckless; manque; menacing; ominous; poor; portentous; premature; regrettable; rough; sad; sinister; somber; sorrowful; stillborn; terrible; threatening; tragic; unbefitting; unblessed; undesirable; unfavorable; unfit; unfortunate; unhandy; unhappy; unlucky; unpromising; unpropitious; unprosperous; unready; unripe; unseasonable; unseemly; unsuccessful; unsuitable; untimely; untoward; unwise; useless; victim; woeful; wrong