| He realizes that the misfortunes of life, like losing a job or a home, or disastrous illness, may bow him down but can never break him. |
| The theft had been the latest in a series of misfortunes to befall the memorial garden. |
| Their sense of humour is unkind and they tend to enjoy other people's misfortunes. |
| Still less welcome is he who would make a Roman holiday of our misfortunes. |
| The Cody Canal continued to suffer from bureaucratic failures and misfortunes. |
| He is perennially dogged by comic mishaps and misfortunes, usually of his own making. |
