How to Use unluckily in a Sentence
unluckily
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Luckily, or unluckily, depending on one’s perspective, Mayci is not allowed to let the situation lie for long.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
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Despite being the better team by all accounts, her first foray in the German top-flight unluckily ended with a 2-1 loss to Die Wölfe.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
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The government is not some company unluckily plagued by incompetent executives.
—Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 19 May 2026
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Luckily — or maybe unluckily — the camp’s warden, a hardbitten guy with an oily smile named Clancy (Russell Crowe, hardbitten, smiley, and oily), takes a liking to Murphy.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
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In the second half, Herrington recovered well to guard Jesus Ferreira, but unluckily deflected a shot straight to Paul Rothrock for Seattle’s second goal.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2026
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