How To Use Bad luck In A Sentence

BAD luck if you're a battery chicken. The Sun
Good courage breaks bad luck.
They say it's bad luck to spill salt.
And my father was not to accept excuses about the strokes of bad luck or the bad weather.
Bad luck, I hope,won't hook on to me in two days.

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Poor old Alan! He's had more than his fair share of bad luck recently.
Sometimes swathes of northern cities find themselves submerged, which is just bad luck, but often as not it affects small villages with thatched houses. Times, Sunday Times
Also patron of good weather and rain; he is invoked against bad luck and plague.
What's more, they stick to their strategies even if they are having a run of bad luck.
Good luck favors emotional intelligence, self-restraint, prudence & emotional illiteracy, impulsivity and recklessness are likely to produce bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
Among the Shoshones and Utes, twins were sometimes looked upon as a sign of impending bad luck.
had a streak of bad luck
Dick seems to have had bad luck all week.
Having this man in the Lords on their behalf is not a 'masterstroke' but more like bad luck. John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
Irishman -- and bad luck to the man that says I am not that -- can keep a hundhred Germans from comin 'up out av that ingine room. Cappy Ricks Retires
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But bad luck befell the team, resulting in a year-long winless streak.
Its headline read 'How much bad luck fits into a single football match? Times, Sunday Times
It's just more bad luck than anything else that you should have gone to the expense of setting up in style in a lord's castle and then having this downcome. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large
ratter" -- superstitious Tudor sailors did not have cats on board as they were thought to bring bad luck. Reuters: Top News
Other aspiring entrepreneurs talk of how they have suffered bad luck. Times, Sunday Times
According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
This followed a run of bad luck in which the engine broke down and an expensive refit to the vessel was required.
He confesses that he had the bad luck to cross both Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush.
Also, one ex is bad luck, two is a coincidence. The Sun
They say it's bad luck to spill salt.
As bad luck would have it, nine German U-boats stumbled across the manoeuvres and torpedoed the ships, sinking two ships and damaging a third.
I don't like to say that we had bad luck, but we didn't have enough luck today to win the race.
Jean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luck.
It isn't clear which of these problems are intrinsically tied to cloning, and which may have resulted from poor execution of relatively unpracticed techniques - or even sheer bad luck.
Bad luck may befall to anyone at any time.
He rose above his pain/bad luck/difficulties.
the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
Firstly, what makes you think that she has been hexed, rather than just having a round of really bad luck?
Bad luck seems to follow me everywhere.
Mr Arbabsiar's bad luck is that after receiving his instructions from Mr Shakuri, he approached a Mexican gang member who was in fact an informant for America's Drug Enforcement Agency.
The point used to be to give alms to poor people on Hallowe'en and if you didn't then bad luck would come to you.
And it is not bad luck when the other team 's goalkeeper makes good saves. Times, Sunday Times
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
Other aspiring entrepreneurs talk of how they have suffered bad luck. Times, Sunday Times
Good luck favors emotional intelligence, self-restraint, prudence & emotional illiteracy, impulsivity and recklessness are likely to produce bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
You are avoided by so-called friends who think some bad luck will rub off on them. Times, Sunday Times
Thus the unnamed narrator of Will Wiles's ingenious first novel, holed up in an anonymous Eastern-European city and four days into a week of entropically bad luck. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
Bad luck often brings good luck.
According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
Some people are having a hard time dealing with its intimations of bad luck; the magpie is oblivious, its wings fully flung as if about to leap into flight, its beak dark and glittery, unaware it’s an omen of any kind. September « 2006 « Squares of Wheat
` "Bad luck to ye," says he, "my bones is bruck wid yer thricks; what the divil are ye doin 'wid me? The Purcell Papers, Volume III
Surely only bad luck and bad fortune can stop them again. The Sun
It was just bad luck for him that I wasn't in a forgiving mood.
Bee attacks, like rattlesnake bites, are mostly a matter of bad luck.
She is very philosophical about her bad luck.
Gordie: Exactly what bad luck was she having with threesomes..what was the nature of it? Want great sex? Go for the mad chick
Despising this latter sort of thing is not despising Mr. Wells, but only some cheap atheist in a billycock hat whom he had the bad luck to meet when he was a boy. G.K.'s Weekly - On Mr. Wells and Mr. Belloc
Bad luck often brings good luck.
Jean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luck.
The single was originally due for release in May but was hit by a run of bad luck.
Surely only bad luck and bad fortune can stop them again. The Sun
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
People tend to confuse bad decisions with bad luck.
Bad luck, exciptin 'her, there was niver but one woman I loved, an' that woman had mated beforetime. CHAPTER 19
With all of this bad luck going on, you know your luck is going to change in Las Vegas.
According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck.
Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.
It was simply bad luck that it pulled out, and even worse luck that such a rare event happens when I am on the boat.
I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.
Bad luck and ill feeling, for the most part. Times, Sunday Times
He gave a fatalistic shrug. " Bad luck , " he said to Hagen.
I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.
Bad luck you were placed near the kitchen door. Times, Sunday Times
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
Despite their current run of bad luck, the Giants are drawing record crowds at Scottsdale Stadium.
Mr Arbabsiar's bad luck is that after receiving his instructions from Mr Shakuri, he approached a Mexican gang member who was in fact an informant for America's Drug Enforcement Agency.
To kill one, whether or not with a crossbow, as in Coleridge's epic poem, was considered the ultimate omen of bad luck.
People learn more from bad luck than from good luck, and sometimes good luck may get you into trouble, and bad luck may save you from something worse. Dr T.P.Chia
It is bad luck if the bridegroom sees the wedding dress before the day of the wedding.
Bad luck is a test of resilience, determination and perseverance. Many people fail to withstand the pressures of bad luck and simply give up. Dr T.P.Chia
You are avoided by so-called friends who think some bad luck will rub off on them. Times, Sunday Times
Even if the occupants of the building harbour no superstitious beliefs, customers can be lost and predictions of bad luck and misfortune can result by neglecting the demands of feng shui.
Hardworking and prudent people attract good luck. Lazy and reckless people invite bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
Let a younger man outdraw him, don't allow his end to come via some bad luck and a head-injury assessment. Times, Sunday Times
According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
He had the bad luck to break his leg.
She must have caught her heel and tripped, just rotten bad luck.
According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
Surely only bad luck and bad fortune can stop them again. The Sun
She is very philosophical about her bad luck.
Is this plain bad luck or is it Murphy's law at work?
Was it the seating arrangements, seat belts or pure bad luck? The Sun
He believes the placement of the tree is bad luck.
What bad luck it is that things should have come to such a sad end! Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born
More recently, he has endured the most horrendous bad luck in terms of injuries.
It was his bad luck to be in the wrong place at the wrong time .
Judy had the bad luck to be standing there working her way through a bag of chips and watching us toss yonnies at the headmaster's window.
Those who have always good hope in the midst of misfortunes, and who are delighted with good luck, are suspected of being very pleased with the ill success of the affair, if they are not equally distressed by bad luck.
I put the loss of the money down to pure bad luck.
The harder you work, the luckier you are" is not a law, but people who work extraordinary hard always keep bad luck away. Dr T.P.Chia
Bad luck always comes in threes.
Hardworking and prudent people attract good luck. Lazy and reckless people invite bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
Indeed, if he dismisses it with a disbelieving laugh, we expect to see the bad luck drop on him out of the blue.
Bad luck often brings good luck.
Leah tells Dan that she can't believe her current run of bad luck.
It is a scenario where politicians couldn't even promise results as labour law snookered workers dogged by bad, bad luck after a life-time commitment to an industry that simply moved from Athy.
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
I'm now fearing that it will be my bad luck to be cursed with further bureaucratic hold-ups.
Good luck is kind and generous to diligence, knowledge and wisdom & idleness, ignorance and stupidity will invite bad luck. Dr T.P.Chia
He may yet find he is the last man standing come the end of the season if the club's run of bad luck continues.
I've had a run of bad luck with illness and Achilles problems and now this.
He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
It's bad luck and bad timing, but it does count for something in this hair-splitting contest.
if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
Yes Fklo bad luck on broon to come up against such fiendishly cunning foe Dear Aquaintance ...
It is astonishing how quickly things can start to change, once you get a run of bad luck.
According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
So we just got on with it and laughed about our bad luck. Times, Sunday Times
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
People tend to confuse bad decisions with bad luck.
I've had nothing but bad luck since I moved to this town.
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
And many will also suggest that no team can really blame bad luck over such an extended period. The Sun
A mile outside Wavigny, they suffered bad luck in the form of a broken wheel, and Fondard raged at the resulting delay, for even he could not command the immediate services of a wheelwright in the early hours of the morning. The Mistaken Wife
When poverty started being seen not as inevitable, but as something alterable, being poor moved from the realm of bad luck to the realm of injustice.
Surely only bad luck and bad fortune can stop them again. The Sun
Its headline read 'How much bad luck fits into a single football match? Times, Sunday Times
He had the bad luck to break his leg.
And many will also suggest that no team can really blame bad luck over such an extended period. The Sun
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
Having the bad luck to ascend to Power just as the whole Washington edifice is swirling down the shithole. ha ha ha Matthew Yglesias » Right-Wing “Reporting”
The team didn't panic in the least, shook off the bad luck, and proceeded to drice down the field for a go ahead TD. And The Valley Shook
'"Bad luck to ye," says he, "my bones is bruck wid yer thricks; what the divil are ye doin' wid me? The Purcell Papers — Volume 3
It was just bad luck with injuries. Times, Sunday Times
Superstition says it must be stirred clockwise with a spurtle, a wooden stirring stick, to avoid bad luck. The Sun
Her streak of bad luck seems to be bottoming out.
Let a younger man outdraw him, don't allow his end to come via some bad luck and a head-injury assessment. Times, Sunday Times
A flat tyre today of all days what bad luck!
Neil Kinnock agonises again at his bad luck in having an impossibilist strike that he could not support dumped on him. Paul Flynn - Read My Day
Good luck, bad luck, an elaborate system of beliefs, superstitions, symbols.
I would have to say a big expensive buck tail it was just pure bad luck i was just casting and i casted to hard with a baitcaster and the backlash stoped the line but didn't stop the bucktail from flying through the air! Each year when the tide gets low my dad and I voyage out to the banks of Lake Redman.
We lamented over our bad luck.
Yet the war did not really result from bad luck or accident; beneath a contingent process lay profound causes.
What bad luck it is that things should have come to such a sad end! Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born
On Artemis Ocean Racing, Ms. Caffari instructs her crew to hoist the spinnaker, but a run of bad luck follows and two spinnakers are ripped, allowing their competitors to race past as they sail to the finish line. Sailing in the Eye of the Wind
Bad luck is as lethal for a politician as halitosis.
Some people refer all the troubles to bad luck instead of lack of ability.
Everything goes amiss with him, he has certainly bad luck.
Good luck is not permanent, and it may become bad luck if you are carried away by the fruits of good luck. Dr T.P.Chia
I've pleaded with Pete for a number of years for his permission to relate some of his misadventures and bad luck tales.
The odd impulse to intervene with some teenagers stomping on an anthill, or simply to refrain from taking advantage of another's bad luck - where do these impulses come from?
By ghastly bad luck, she'd had a dental appointment not long after mine. Times, Sunday Times
I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.
We had a bit of bad luck as well, like qualifying in Brazil when I aquaplaned off. GPUpdate.net
To lose one is bad luck, to lose three seems like lousy vetting. Times, Sunday Times
Poor old Alan! He's had more than his fair share of bad luck recently.
These employees (like "cosmopolis") --- who by just plain “bad luck of the draw” find themselves in this particular targeted civil service classifications --- have now been "politicized" by the Mayor in the campaign, and are now easily demonized in the public eye (as Chump Change comments would attest) as the Mayor and Council look to address very severe, real budget deficits over the next few years. City Light Employees Plan to Unionize « PubliCola
Surely only bad luck and bad fortune can stop them again. The Sun
We sat in the living room one night, talking about our run of bad luck and neither of us said it but we knew.
You can't legislate against bad luck!
Moe is the schlimazel, the guy who's always at the receiving end of bad luck. Archive 2008-03-01
‘Bad luck, Paul,’ she says, reflexively rubbing her sore, distended abdomen.
According to popular folklore, anyone who owns such a picture will have bad luck.
Jean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luck.
It was just bad luck with injuries. Times, Sunday Times
The postmistress said it was the spirits of the unburied dead up there on the site bringing bad luck. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Bad luck is a test of your resilience, will and perseverance, and it always gives in to determination, preparation and action. Dr T.P.Chia
After all he has done, doesn't he realise to cut down a self-sown holly is to court bad luck for the rest of his life? SANDS OF TIME
He rose above his pain/bad luck/difficulties.
Bad luck is the result of laziness, bad choices, incorrect decisions and negative actions. Dr T.P.Chia
It was just reward for the Brazilian driver after bad luck in qualifying put him down the order on the grid.
They claim supernatural powers to confer good and invoke evil, and the curse of a fakir is the last misfortune that an honest Hindu cares to bring upon himself, for it means a failure of his harvests, the death of his cattle by disease, sickness in his family and bad luck in everything that he undertakes. Modern India
His lapse into drunkenness followed a long run of bad luck.
While most people have a middling amount of good and bad luck, some people are lucky or unlucky for extended periods.
I usually blamed it on karma, or just plain bad luck.
According to superstition, if you walk under a ladder it brings you bad luck.
He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
Jean was extremely superstitious and believed the colour green brought bad luck.
You could be run over by the car of bad luck tomorrow, and what will it all have been for?
See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
While I initially had doubts about the kind of foolhardiness that leads to thinking one will succeed where others have not, after trying Bonsai, I think the restaurant has a good chance of breaking past cycles of bad luck, if only because I don't think luck bears on a restaurant's success or failure. Starbulletin Headlines
Some surface damage may also result from careless disc handling or simply from bad luck.
Her streak of bad luck seems to be bottoming out.
This kind of amulet has no value to collector and may harmful to worshiper as it has VERY HIGH potential to absorb negative energy to cause wearer experiencing bad luck.
But I am not sure if a good deal of his bad luck is not due to the merciless way in which he was laughed at, and called "duffer," and taught to believe that he could no more do Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life
Taking your memories as correct -- which they may not be; you could be recalling pieces of delirium -- you should be able to entertain the possibility that you and your friends had the bad luck to meet fools and brutes such as infest every outfit. A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
A gambler usually wagers more after taking a loss, in the misguided belief that a run of bad luck increases the probability of a win.
BAD luck if you're a battery chicken. The Sun
Bad luck always comes in threes.
We would say, in fact, that B's failure to castle was a fluke, bad luck with the random number generator.
He had the bad luck to break his leg.
Second, there are socially shared superstitions such as the bad luck associated with black cats or divination systems such as numerology.
What my mother left me was not dancing shoes or diamond rings or bad luck with men it was the way she stood so straight barely reaching my shoulder but tall on days when life bends most people low and that quickstep of hers forward always to music only she could imagine Sharon auberle | saturday nights at the crystal ball « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
The harder you work, the luckier you are" is not a law, but people who work extraordinary hard always keep bad luck away. Dr T.P.Chia
The Titans line up to kick off once again, but this time their kicker isn't wearing a jersey because he thinks it was bad luck last time around.
It was considered bad luck to have a female at sea, just as it was bad luck for the men to haul the first net of fish ashore in my particular branch of the family.
I've had a horrific run of bad luck with money in the past few weeks.
Appearance of Spirits, Representations, Pigmies appearing diversly and numerously, giving notice of good or bad Luck, Ruine or Riches; so also those Figures, Shapes, or other works found in the Ores of Metals, as of Of Natural and Supernatural Things Also of the first Tincture, Root, and Spirit of Metals and Minerals, how the same are Conceived, Generated, Brought forth, Changed, and Augmented.
He had the bad luck to break his leg.
‘“Bad luck to ye,” says he, “my bones is bruck wid yer thricks; what the divil are ye doin’ wid me?” The Purcell Papers
The family in the other car were arriving for lunch just as we were leaving, and it was a stroke of extraordinary bad luck that we should have met on a sharp bend, the only one in an otherwise straight road.
To lose one is bad luck, to lose three seems like lousy vetting. Times, Sunday Times

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