The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones. From LearnThat.org. [William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965).]
An unfortunate choice of words. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
An unfortunate turn of events. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
How precious to the unfortunate is a mark of interest!. From Wordnik.com. [The Ruin of a Princess] Reference
But "unfortunate" is not really the crux of your response, is it?. From Wordnik.com. [Behe] Reference
And one of the candidates seeking the position made some, what I call unfortunate remarks. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2009] Reference
He warns of what he calls unfortunate consequences for Iran if that country continues its nuclear defiance. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2009] Reference
WHITFIELD: Kerry criticized what he calls the unfortunate habit of Americans to see the world through an American lens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2007] Reference
WHITFIELD: Kerry criticized what he called the unfortunate habit of Americans to see the world through an American's lens. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2007] Reference
But she felt the phrase unfortunate and plunged past it. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortieth Door] Reference
Yet, it described as unfortunate Pakistan's furious reaction. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
What I find unfortunate is the inequity in how NASA deals with dishonesty. From Wordnik.com. [Selling Defective Parts to NASA - NASA Watch] Reference
At best, the FIAs ruling and its timing could be described as unfortunate. From Wordnik.com. [Chequered Conflict] Reference
Then, to make themselves feel better they call their unfortunate situation a syndrome. From Wordnik.com. [Savage autism.] Reference
What I find very unfortunate is that you have qualify your post with language likethis. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Relative Risks of HIV Infection Among Gay and Bisexual Males] Reference
Refusing to use certain unfortunate (and backwards) American realities as a crutch en route to his bid. From Wordnik.com. [Obama still struggles with some Democrats] Reference
The unfortunate is always suspended in a public place, where magistrates watch so that no one may release him. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference
The quality of their output may be below standard or they may have developed certain unfortunate traits of character. From Wordnik.com. [Human Relations and You] Reference
But do not judge lightly those whom you call unfortunate, and who should be sacred to you, since they are unfortunate. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It will doubtless be urged by many that this result, however unfortunate, is inevitable, that it is a natural evolution. From Wordnik.com. [Class-Consciousness and the 'Movies'] Reference
We wish Zipidee were more forthcoming about its numbers and less prone to coining unfortunate terms like “digi-goods.”. From Wordnik.com. [Paid Video M&A: Zipidee Buys TotalVid] Reference
UnfortunateLawyer: Professor Volokh, What I find very unfortunate is that you have qualify your post with language likethis. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Relative Risks of HIV Infection Among Gay and Bisexual Males] Reference
What's more unfortunate is that the commission just won't say that the two sides could not come to agreement on New Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
Clinton: Haiti children incident 'unfortunate' - Summary. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Things you put aside, file under "unfortunate" -- those are the memories that shape your dark places. From Wordnik.com. [2003-10-12] Reference
These are what he might call the unfortunate by-products of his desire. From Wordnik.com. [A Preface to Politics] Reference
We recall the unfortunate attitude of Nigerian health officials during the. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to CDC warns: Holiday travel could bring more swine flu] Reference
Captain Nemo's first care was to recall the unfortunate man to life again. From Wordnik.com. [Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English] Reference
I find the situation unfortunate, which is one reason I write on these topics. From Wordnik.com. [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference
Surely, to aid the unfortunate is a duty, which no power on earth can legislate into a crime. From Wordnik.com. [A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by Themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada] Reference
I recalled the unfortunate eddy of doctrine into which the innocent bit of china had whirled us. From Wordnik.com. [Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty] Reference
It was a time that you might call unfortunate because at that time, our own confrontation with the. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO INTERVIEW WITH BUCARANDA IN CARACAS] Reference
I speak to her, she replies to me -- oh! judge then, my friend, whether with justice I can be called unfortunate!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
It chanced that he arrived there on one of the days which are called unfortunate, on which no oracular responses can be obtained. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Lives Volume III.] Reference
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