How to Use misfortune in a Sentence

misfortune

noun

• 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.
• To stay in the moment, refuse to revel in the misfortune, and stick to the task at hand.
  — SI.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• That stew of misfortune is in part the reason the Mets are 20-27.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 27 May 2017
• The Kennedys have had more than their share of misfortunes.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
• The Kennedys have had more than their share of misfortunes.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2019
• Cochran-Siegle tries hard not to think about his misfortune the past few years.
  — New York Times, 5 Feb. 2022
• Does the run of mistakes and misfortune end Sunday against the Chiefs?
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
• The misfortune was being in the path of that stray bullet.
  — Lindsay H. Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2018
• Three runs scored but misfortune seemed to play a role.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 8 Apr. 2018
• And please, don’t make jokes about the misfortunes of others.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2019
• This year, that misfortune will go to the runnerup in the NFC West, which has been the best division in the league.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2019
• But those who have the misfortune to lose it quickly change their minds.
  — Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
• The Tiger Slam, as it was known, has been lost amid the missteps and misfortune that followed.
  — Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2017
• One of the great misfortunes of human life is the fact that much of it is spent in a constant state of worry.
  — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 10 June 2025
• But a near miss, Jansen Harkins’ tip attempt that hit the post, and some misfortune made it so that the Rangers garnered the first goal of the game.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 29 Mar. 2025
• Martinez had the misfortune of being the Dodgers’ ace during the 1990s, when the team failed to win a playoff game.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
• But nobody in the Pac-12 is giggling at the misfortune.
  — oregonlive, 30 June 2020
• His son's death is the latest in a string of misfortune for Bobby Brown.
  — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2020
• Gift of the Magi’ as a child and thinking hard about the misfortune of the two main characters.
  — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2019
• But Tech was poised to punch Texas back even before that bit of misfortune.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 8 Feb. 2020
• The sinking of The Neva was the last in a long line of misfortunes to befall the Russian merchant ship.
  — Andrew O'Reilly, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2017
• To be clear, screens are not the only source of childhood misfortune.
  — Kendra Thomas, TIME, 5 June 2024
• Many people are hit with misfortune that is no fault of their own.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022
• The way the team folded suggests the issue is more than misfortune.
  — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 8 Dec. 2020
• A little misfortune, but Petit did a great job to keep it as a tie.
  — J.p. Hoornstra, Orange County Register, 16 May 2017
• The misfortune with injuries that hit the club for most of last season has continued into this summer.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
• But misfortune struck in the third quarter when Brown got tangled with a Rockets defender who fell on his right ankle.
  — Broderick Turner follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025