unfortunate

• “Had he not said the unfortunate had a claim on all honorable men, and surely he was a man an _unfortunate_ might apply to, if any man was?”

  The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 5, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 5, May, 1886

• “A most unfortunate circumstance -- a most _unfortunate_ circumstance.”

  England, My England

• “_unfortunate_ client for whom it is my privilege to appear, "said a young barrister, making his first essay in Westminster Hall --" the unfortunate client, my lord, for whom I appear -- hem! hem!”

  A Book About Lawyers

• “He warns of what he calls unfortunate consequences for Iran if that country continues its nuclear defiance.”

  CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2009

• “And one of the candidates seeking the position made some, what I call unfortunate remarks.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2009

• “WHITFIELD: Kerry criticized what he calls the unfortunate habit of Americans to see the world through an American lens.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2007

• “WHITFIELD: Kerry criticized what he called the unfortunate habit of Americans to see the world through an American's lens.”

  CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2007

• “She showed her devotion by taking no interest whatever in her husband's land schemes; by forbidding Eugene to play football at school for fear he might be injured; by impressing Adele with the necessity for vivacity and modishness because of what she called her unfortunate lack of beauty.”

  Half Portions

• “How precious to the unfortunate is a mark of interest!”

  The Ruin of a Princess

• “Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, a century ago, was intended especially for the use of navigators; hence the familiar appellation, which I call unfortunate because it leads to the impression that the work is simply an enlargement and improvement of the household almanac.”

  The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

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