To kick off his shoes and have them alight on their soles and remain standing upright means good luck to him, but if they fall over, bad luck is to be expected.
A torn bank-note means a change of position for the man in the box-office, while a gold certificate, strange to say, is a sign of bad luck.
Vaudeville performers believe it is bad luck to change the costumes in which they first achieved success, and many of them cling to these costumes until they literally fall apart.
Even the drop-curtain contributes its share of stage superstitions, as nearly every actor and manager believes it is bad luck to look out at the audience from the wrong side of it when it is down.
Besides, it is bad luck to part with any of your winnings while you are still playing.
I was having an abominable run of bad luck, and yet I hated to give up my seat without an excuse.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bad luck" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.