How to Use unlucky in a Sentence

unlucky

adjective

• He thinks it's unlucky to have a black cat cross your path.
• She was unlucky enough to get a flat tire on the way to her job interview.
• Some people think that 13 is an unlucky number.
• There are the winners but mostly the losers, the lucky and the unlucky.
  — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
• The unlucky ones get tossed on doorsteps, rained on and thrown away.
  — Rachel Abrams, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• In Italy, Winick said, the unlucky day tends to be Friday the 17th.
  — Kaity Kline, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024
• Plus, Democrats have had an unlucky track record in runoff races in the state.
  — Stuart Emmrich, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2020
• Maybe unlucky against the first game against the Galaxy.
  — Khobi Price, sun-sentinel.com, 1 May 2021
• The bar is unlucky in its timing, but not in its choice of chef.
  — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2021
• When the club reach their next final, Moura can be one of the first names on the team sheet, not the unlucky one to miss out.
  — Robert Kidd, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
• That’s how unlucky the team was with its shot attempts.
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
• But on the third day of the mission - April 13, that unlucky number again - Mrs. Lovell's phone rang.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
• To these unlucky souls, add the people locked up in our prisons and jails.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• That's the most unlucky seven ever, but the Nets are second in the East.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2021
• Benítez is one of the unlucky people dealing with both.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022
• The hill is the bane of any driver unlucky enough to be directed to the street by a driving app.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2022
• The number 13 doesn't have to be unlucky (just ask Taylor Swift!).
  — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• As the Ravens and their fans are all too aware, one unlucky play can doom a player’s season.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2023
• But not all is wedded bliss for the often unlucky-in-love cast.
  — NBC News, 8 Aug. 2021
• There's also an unlucky but adorable tote bag idea to fill with treats and send home with your guests.
  — Taylor Murphy, House Beautiful, 8 June 2023
• But the Ravens have yet to lay down before the obstacles thrown their way in an unlucky 2021.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 24 Dec. 2021
• Both goals for San Jose went in off the unlucky MacDermid.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
• Botha’s timing was unlucky, as tech stocks tanked that year.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
• And those unlucky enough to fail to find the clandestine bugs still receive a collectible.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 24 Mar. 2023
• There was an unlucky tip-in by Ethan Finlay off of a dangerous set piece for the first score.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 23 July 2020
• Coach Seb Hines believes the opponent has been a bit unlucky and that his squad will need to be at its best.
  — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
• Those murders—of the actress Sharon Tate, three of her friends, and an unlucky stranger—took place 50 years ago this summer.
  — Cari Beauchamp, Town & Country, 9 Aug. 2021
• Your odds are a lot higher for many other unlucky things as well.
  — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• Why do people fear Friday the 13th? Friday the 13th is a day that's seen as unlucky in Western culture.
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2024
• There’s another idea about why the number 13 is unlucky.
  — Kaity Kline, NPR, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024