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Example sentences for "worse luck"

  • The cook's life was spared--worse luck for me.

  • Worse luck, the canoe got stuck hard on a rock, and the men could not move her.

  • Worse luck, a huge boil, as big as an egg, developed under my left knee, while another of equal size appeared on my right ankle, already much swollen and aching.

  • But he came on the scene just too late, worse luck!

  • The assizes come on in little more than a fortnight, worse luck!

  • Worse luck we can't see all that's coming down the river," ventured Steve, presently.

  • And none of us got a gun along, worse luck.

  • He ducked too quick for me, yuh see, an' I lost him, worse luck; but second time I gives him a poke that made him howl like fits.

  • A matter of seven or eight hours, worse luck.

  • Worse luck, we didn't; but we had some fun.

  • I knew too little theory, worse luck; it was a case of feeling my way at every step, and this made it a slow proceeding.

  • The days passed; already, worse luck, I could see the end of our work ahead, but I had a little hope the Lensmand might find something else for me to do when the woodcutting was finished.

  • Now that was where he should have said: no, worse luck, he'd never learned, so I thought to myself.

  • The ten shillings had, worse luck, lasted all too short.

  • Just as soon as the little fragments of meat became warm in my stomach up they came again, worse luck.

  • He and I are ill friends now, worse luck.

  • Maybe he is ashamed of having cursed those two vagabones, being our own flesh and blood, worse luck.

  • Worse luck," said Ralph in a low tone, as though trying to avoid the subject.

  • It's lang sin' the like of it stood true in England--worse luck!

  • But he's a vast deal cooler than that--worse luck!

  • Worse luck," said Ralph; "but what of that?

  • I can't help doing that; but, worse luck, I can't make out his meaning by my own thinkings so cleverly as he does in his sarmunts.

  • I often pray a bit about it; but my prayers are but poor prayers, worse luck.

  • And I always knew it, Francie, worse luck!

  • They were in the river channel--worse luck!

  • It's tantalising to see you with more than your share, while I have none--and never shall have, worse luck!

  • Unfortunately, some other operations had to be carried out, so we were not able to leave, after all, and we are still here, worse luck!

  • We are off to the trenches this evening, worse luck!

  • The cake has duly arrived, and is tucked away until to-night, when we arrive in our trenches again, worse luck!

  • I thought I might have had a letter from you this mail; however, it has not arrived, worse luck!

  • Across the forehead--one eye gone, worse luck, and the other almost bunged up.

  • Then they found out that we were both under eighteen, so they pushed us out of the army--worse luck.

  • There are spies with the Russian troops as well as there are in the French and ours, worse luck.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "worse luck" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    above the; allow myself; also took; artesian well; character and; did she; dozen large; except inasmuch; forest reserves; kusa grass; light upon; lost again; more human; night came; probably from; quite straight; rapid marches; said the old gentleman; she answered; son oeuvre; worse luck; worse still; worse than; worse then; young women