Bad-luck Sentence Examples

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  • I don't know where... such bad luck!

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  • Supposedly this is because the Scots used to be frequently invaded by Vikings, and so blond men were bad luck!

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  • As bad luck would have it, Mr. Randolph took the wrong road.

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  • Well, it isn't bad luck to talk to the groom on the phone.

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  • I guess that would be bad luck for the bride – and good luck for the groom.

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  • In a moment of bad luck in moto two, he crashed trying to avoid a fallen rider and suffered a broken collarbone.

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  • But bad luck and a change in the wind direction brought him down mid ocean, 700 miles from Europe.

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  • Oh, your poor sister - some people have all the bad luck eh?

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  • Our own misfortune or bad luck always get us laughing.

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  • But I have met with such bad luck that I am forced to sell them.

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  • I must admit I was wondering where our next stroke of bad luck was going to come from over the closing laps.

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  • Jacob's constant bad luck proves that karma is a myth because he is the kindest person I know.

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  • Having a black cat pass your path is said to portend bad luck.

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  • It's bad luck to wear new shoes on Christmas Day.

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  • Skin rashes, bad luck and even nightmares were ascribed to the workings of elves.

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  • It's just one of those things that can occasionally be attributed to a combination of genetics and bad luck.

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  • But I've just had the bad luck to come out of the sky, skip the solid earth, and land lower down than I intended.

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  • These grants may provide debt relief for the millions of citizens whose unmanageable debt resulted from medical bills not covered by insurance or from other unforeseen bad luck.

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  • Never mind that many people feel it's bad luck to use a wedding gift before the wedding, but if the wedding is called off the gifts will need to be returned.

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  • Black used to be completely inappropriate as a color for wedding guests to wear because it indicated mourning and was said to be bad luck for the union.

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  • The company's current project is Penelope, a film about a young woman who wishes to free herself from a curse of bad luck.

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  • Considering the number of women who have separated or divorced from their husbands after winning an Oscar, there may indeed be some sort of bad luck associated with the award.

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  • It was often thought that someone who didn't have something new for Easter would have bad luck for the year.

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  • Tradition says it is bad luck to toast with water.

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  • In yet another African culture, women dance the Moribayasa, which is a dance designed to rid bad luck from the participant's life.

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  • For example, a player who has especially bad luck during their game play could end up at a place on the board known as the "poor farm.

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  • The one exception in red would be the basic primary red, as this is associated with blood, which is the worst sort of bad luck.

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  • A comedic actor known for some of the best comedies, he's had a string of bad luck.

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  • Meisner reports that the close encounter with the specter has led to nothing but bad luck ever since.

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  • This event sends the Earth into a period of darkness and mourning forever marking the number 13 as a number representing very bad luck.

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  • If you're Greek, they're something old from your closet you burn to ward off evil and bad luck.

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  • It's a ritual to keep away wicked elves and keep bad luck at bay for the coming year.

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  • His bad luck continued months later when escaping from ace Detective Paul Williams, he jumped into a closet that turned out to be a garbage chute - leading to a trash compactor.

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  • Before the new year festivities begin, however, intense housecleaning is done to prepare for the holiday and to sweep out the old year's bad luck and evil spirits, making way for good fortune in the new year.

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  • Should the points of the U face downwards, bad luck is on its way.

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  • I've had bad luck with men.

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  • The kid offered him money for the regis­tration but the man said that was Corbin's bad luck and wouldn't take it.

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  • It's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding.

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  • I guess that would be bad luck for the bride – and good luck for the groom.

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  • A halfpenny was expected from every one to whom these were exhibited, and bad luck was thought to menace the household not visited by the doll-bearers before Christmas Eve at the latest.

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  • I just can't figure out why I am having such bad luck with these cats.

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  • The tradition throughout both Hindu and Viking cultures was that inviting thirteen people to a dinner party would bring bad luck.

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