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Example sentences for "unfortunately"

Lexicographically close words:
unformed; unformulated; unforseen; unfortified; unfortunate; unfortunates; unfossiliferous; unfounded; unframed; unfree
  1. She had married a promising young man, to whom she was tenderly attached, and who, a few months after the marriage, unfortunately fell in a duel.

  2. In something like two hours our pursuers succeeded in reaching the river; but unfortunately too late to intercept their enemies and rescue their friends, who had already crossed sometime before.

  3. As he spoke, he sprung forward to grasp the bridle of Algernon's horse; but stumbled and fell, and the beast passed over him, unfortunately though without doing him any injury.

  4. This growth was unfortunately accompanied by much disorder.

  5. It was, in fact, an extremely violent epidemic attack, the most violent in history, of the bubonic plague, with which we have unfortunately become again familiar within recent years.

  6. Revenge unfortunately holds a high place with you, and you will do much to accomplish an end.

  7. But you have unfortunately failed to take stock of current events.

  8. But, unfortunately for Hal, a strong tide was running, and floating the sinking Merrimac free of the land, it swept her into deep water.

  9. Ridolfo declined this, unfortunately for his own name, which might thus have rivalled that of Giulio Romano.

  10. This artist died young, very unfortunately for the school to which he belonged.

  11. The regimental roster of this Cavalry Corps is unfortunately unobtainable.

  12. Unfortunately there was not time to load or aim, for the rebels were close at hand, and their triumphant yells were heard as they took possession of the works which Buschbeck had so gallantly defended.

  13. All the different systems and rules of orthography, exhibited and laid down in these works, had unfortunately no permanent result.

  14. The explosion of the mine was unfortunately not heard at the Chofre batteries, and the guns, instead of ceasing, continued in full play upon the place.

  15. Acquainted with the locality of the dark lanes in which I found myself unfortunately involved, the scoundrels closed upon me fast, and at last I was regularly brought to bay.

  16. But, as it unfortunately turned out, a part only of the French detachment had entered the court-yard of the posada, while an equal number remained mounted outside the gate.

  17. Unfortunately our ammunition was giving out, in spite of our husbanding it as much as possible and shooting only when we had a sure target.

  18. I cannot but confess that we all breathed more freely on the receipt of that information, but unfortunately the purpose could not be carried out.

  19. But unfortunately she knows that I understand them even less than she does.

  20. Unfortunately for himself, Monsignor Lelli had published his views on the relations between Church and State, and had drawn down upon his head the wrath of the clerical party in consequence.

  21. I doubt if a more perfectly timed blow has ever been delivered, but unfortunately I had no chance of studying its effects.

  22. He seemed to be trying to speak, but the shrieks of innocent delight with which his reappearance was greeted by the paddling boys unfortunately prevented us from hearing him.

  23. Of Sonia I had seen nothing since our unfortunately interrupted interview in the morning.

  24. A lot of people have wanted them, but unfortunately they're not for sale.

  25. It was a good place to lie up in, but unfortunately there was another and more pressing problem in front of me.

  26. Bois," urged Madeleine, "do not try to defend me, or allude to what you unfortunately heard.

  27. Unfortunately Bertha's resources for self-diversion were of the most limited description.

  28. However, the proceedings passed off very quietly, and the day closed without any disturbance; but unfortunately a small and purely accidental fire broke out in the back premises of Mr. Woakes in High Street.

  29. Unfortunately the Garde de Corps, aware of the jealousy with which the old army viewed their position, were very touchy on the point of honour.

  30. Unfortunately he went to Paris when the Peace was signed, and he, who had never touched a card when in England, was persuaded to go to the Salon.

  31. The Guards, who were to second, entered unfortunately by the wing end of the street.

  32. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the property had been sold to a man whose character may be best described by stating that he had been a branded fellow.

  33. Unfortunately the Mayor instead of giving Lord Collingwood's health, gave The Memory of Lord Nelson, with a solemn dirge, which so affected Lady Collingwood that she fainted, and was obliged to leave the room.

  34. A severe attack of fever, however, unfortunately brought his operations to an untimely ending; and on becoming convalescent, he was forced to start upon his homeward journey.

  35. He had been a very handsome man, but had unfortunately been bent almost double by a rheumatic fever; however, his face was still striking.

  36. Unfortunately it wasn't possible to pocket the tray.

  37. But he went on telling the truth--Billy was unfortunately incapable of doing anything else.

  38. It was quite true, but unfortunately Vicky had sharp ears.

  39. Now unfortunately for India most of these people, except those coming under the last heading, have generally an axe to grind and can not be accepted as disinterested, well-informed, impartial authorities.

  40. But unfortunately these are neither in the Congress, nor of the Congress.

  41. A dream, my dear count, in which Queen Augusta unfortunately believes, but which is not the dream of a reasonable being.

  42. In the midst of all these plans, for which unfortunately they could not enlist the aid of Fortune, time was flying.

  43. The stars are very beautiful, certainly; but unfortunately they go in the twenty-thousandth part of a split second, and the pain which comes after them does not.

  44. A much more sensible and profound view of childhood is given by Browning at the end of A Soul's Tragedy; but unfortunately it is expressed in Browning's usual turbid and muddled way, without Wordsworth's art.

  45. Unfortunately she lacked Leonetta's fertility in finding means by which to draw the general attention upon herself, and being overanxious as well, her tactics frequently failed.

  46. These manoeuvres unfortunately materially delayed his progress; while, owing to the fact that he was compelled to keep his eye constantly on the other party, he could not pick his way as nicely as he would have liked.

  47. Unfortunately Mr John Redmond was not a strong leader.

  48. And a country which they had reduced to the somnambulistic state by the constant reiteration of this phrase unfortunately submitted to their quackery, and have had grave reason to regret it ever since.

  49. Unfortunately for his reputation, Mr Dillon always uniformly opposed any proposals which were calculated to take the yoke of landlordism from off the necks of the farmers.

  50. Unfortunately it allows itself to be guided not only by solicitude for the moral health and purity of the multitude, and especially of the young but by considerations which to the majority of the people seem to be prejudices.

  51. Lessing makes Conti, in Emilia Galotti, say that ‘Raphael would have been the greatest genius in painting, even if he had unfortunately been born without hands.

  52. Thus he writes in a memoir, unfortunately only ‘printed as a manuscript,’ but most worthy of being made accessible to all the world.

  53. Unfortunately the Paris Communists bungled this beautiful and fertile idea by clumsy execution.

  54. But unfortunately she took up her permanent position at a considerable distance from her consort.

  55. Unfortunately it did not appear in print, and up to the present time no other theater has performed it, although it made a sensation in Paris and ensured a first-rate position to the composer.

  56. Remember me most warmly to your dear Amphitrion, whom I unfortunately did not manage to see again before her departure, and, if the Mildes are in the same house as you, give them my best greetings, woven into a toast.

  57. This brings us, however, again to the money question, which I unfortunately am not in a position to solve.

  58. Unfortunately the German translations of Verdi's operas are not worth a straw, and we are great purists at Weimar.

  59. The best way to do this would be by a performance of "Lohengrin"; unfortunately there is very little prospect of that.

  60. Such irksomeness unfortunately attaches to all my works, not excepting the Ave Maria, which I might nevertheless venture to recommend to you next, if you have any intention of performing a vocal work of my composition.

  61. This duty requires me to spend more time on it, and unfortunately I have so much on hand this week that it is hardly possible for me to busy myself with polemics.

  62. Unfortunately I have been able to do but very little work this winter.

  63. But unfortunately at that time Vienna influences, both social and publishing, were of an injurious kind, and Czerny did not possess the necessary dose of sternness to keep out of them and to preserve his better ego.

  64. Unfortunately Cossmann's illness has prevented our usual quartet-productions for some months past, and Cossmann was also unable to take part in the Aix-la-Chapelle Musical Festival.

  65. The editor unfortunately could not obtain possession of it complete and in the original.

  66. As for Cellini [Berlioz's opera]; we shall unfortunately have to wait until Dr.

  67. Unfortunately vegetables are not always cooked in such a way that the minerals are saved.

  68. The Jesuit Brebeuf relates that in 1640 the first Iroquois that was converted, having unfortunately got drunk with brandy, was taken by the Hurons, then at war with the Iroquois.

  69. Unfortunately these letters, in which one would look for instruction, are nothing more than compliments.

  70. And among us is not duelling unfortunately still honorable, though forbidden by reason, by religion, and by every law?

  71. The Caesar Galerius having unfortunately taken up a prejudice against the Christians, of whom he thought he had reason to complain, influenced Diocletian to destroy the cathedral of Nicomedia.


  72. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "unfortunately" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    badly; painfully; sadly; unfavorably; unfortunately