Example Sentences

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The variety of goals that the Japanese striker scores is astonishing, but all of them have one thing in common - speed of thought that bewilders the unfortunates tasked with the job of marking him.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

The Rosecrans Club was dedicated to caring for women and children, “especially little unfortunates and poor cripples.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2023

The bus stopped for the last few unfortunates, and Westerband cajoled them through the door, even as they tried to remonstrate with him.

From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2019

These unfortunates as well as my group were all saved by the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue, or ICE-SAR.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2014

The ferryman was Charon and those he would not admit to his boat were the unfortunates who had not been duly buried.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton