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Meanings of great misfortune in English

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Usage of great misfortune in English
1
We'd had a great misfortune, he said, and it was nobody's fault.
Wandering Ghosts
2
But I feel as if some great misfortune were hanging over us.
In a glass darkly
3
At the end of five months Jonas met with a great misfortune.
Choice Readings for the Home Circle
4
The death of the Don was a great misfortune for the Family.
The Godfather
5
You have saved me from a great misfortune-perhapsgreater than you understand.
A Chair on the Boulevard
6
It is a great misfortune to be stout, especially for a man.
When a Man Marries
7
I'm not sure that I regard it as a very great misfortune.
Taken Alive
8
Whenever this law has been broken, heretofore, some great misfortune has followed.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
9
Let us unite our efforts to shun, if possible, this great misfortune.
The Lerouge Case
10
What a great misfortune for me was the death of my father!
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1
11
Then a great misfortune came on us; a terrible grief overshadowed the land.
The Lady of the Shroud
12
The death of Elisha was a great misfortune for the Israelites.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
13
The great misfortune of my life was to want an aim.
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV, Authors and Journalists
14
There is no doubt the July Revolution was a great misfortune.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
15
A great misfortune happened to the expedition a little above Attah.
Life and Travels of Mungo Park
16
And this is a great misfortune when it happens with womenfolk.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
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