(1) NGOs and even the Red Crescent are unwelcome: peacekeepers are rebuffed, hospitals doomed to failure.
(2) They’ve already collaborated with folks like DOOM, Ghostface Killah and Frank Ocean; I was lucky enough to hear a sneak peek of their incredible collaboration with Future Islands’ Sam Herring from their forthcoming album.
(3) The doom-laden voiceover claims Miliband could only secure power through a deal with the SNP and that Salmond would be able to “call the tune”.
(4) With the White House backing away and fellow Republicans openly considering successors, Mr Lott's hard-fought campaign to sit out the controversy appeared doomed.
(5) Some of them, pulled together for the manifesto, are silly, or doomed, or simply there for shock value - information points in the form of holograms of Dixon of Dock Green, the legalisation of soft drugs, official brothels opposite Westminster, complete with division bells.
(6) Dombey treads proudly towards his doom with the author's unheard warnings ringing in his ears.
(7) Rather than suggest paid-for content was doomed, they called for a new model to collect revenues.
(8) Ross loved a girl of 17, so he married her when he was 28; a field-day for predictors of doom who must now be bewildered that two decades and three children proved them wrong.
(9) Iran’s supreme leader has accused Saudi Arabia of committing genocide in Yemen and said air strikes against Houthi rebels are doomed to fail, in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two rivals over the outcome of yet another bruising conflict in the Middle East.
(10) Stephen King tried it, and gave up the effort because he thought it was doomed.
(11) We did not all travel together because I want focus in my squad.” Louis van Gaal was doomed at Manchester United by refusal to adapt | Amy Lawrence Read more Alan Pardew was a disappointed runner-up, as might be expected, though at least he did not have to face questions about not being in the same job next season.
(12) Lord of the Rings made him the doomed anti-hero , he was easily the best thing in the disastrous Troy, giving Odysseus guile, wit and that familiar, rough-edged charm, and he terrified TV viewers as property developer John Dawson in the dark and brilliant Red Riding .
(13) Hemsworth cut his chops on Home And Away before quitting in 2007, moving to LA and almost immediately being cast as Kirk's doomed dad in JJ Abrams 's Star Trek.
(14) There has to be a better way.” I n the winter of 2013, soon after Hartgerink began working with Van Assen, they began to investigate another social psychology researcher who they noticed was reporting suspiciously large effect sizes, one of the “tells” that doomed Stapel.
(15) : "Of all the cells you've been in, your first cell is a very special one, the place where you first encountered others like yourself, doomed to the same fate.
(16) Although it's not nearly as surprising as the Pittsburgh Pirates fighting toward the playoffs after 20 years of losing seasons , or the Kansas City Royals playing meaningful, September baseball for the first time in over a decade , but since stealing manager John Farrell away from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Red Sox have established themselves as the best team in the American League despite preseason predictions dooming them to repeat as the worst.
(17) Unfortunately, the commercials are so bland and empty that they’re almost certainly doomed to failure.
(18) • Facebook gets in a row with games firm Zenimax over who actually owns key parts of technology behind Oculus Rift, with Doom-creator John Carmack at its heart
(19) Despite fears that large carnivores are doomed to extinction because of rising human populations and overconsumption, a study published in Science has found that large predator populations are stable or rising in Europe.
(20) Clegg urged the Conservatives not to shift to the right in a doomed bid to head off Ukip.
Unlucky
Definition:
(a.) Not lucky; not successful; unfortunate; ill-fated; unhappy; as, an unlucky man; an unlucky adventure; an unlucky throw of dice; an unlucky game.
(a.) Bringing bad luck; ill-omened; inauspicious.
(a.) Mischievous; as, an unlucky wag.
Example Sentences:
(1) Speaking about the player, who scored crucial goals for England during qualification for the 2014 World Cup, Hodgson said: “Andros was unlucky to lose his place in the squad when he wasn’t getting a regular game and he’s gone to Newcastle, got a regular game, and done very well there.” Expressing his delight in being selected, Townsend tweeted: “Huge honour to be named in provisional England squad for the euros ... Will give my all over next few weeks to try to make final squad!” Hodgson also declared himself pleased to include Jordan Henderson, who returned to action for Liverpool in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion having been out since early April with damaged knee ligaments.
(2) Hull were not exactly unlucky, they simply did not create enough from open play to deserve anything from the game, though Brady could hardly have come any closer to scoring.
(3) This weekend's games see Palermo engaged in a local derby with Messina, while Lazio host Sampdoria and Milan visit Chievo (whose hometown of Verona is regarded by Mialnisti as particularly unlucky).
(4) Although Speed had presided over five victories and five defeats in his 10 matches in charge of the principality, there were plenty of encouraging signs in Speed's stewardship, not least that four of the wins came in the past five games, with an unlucky 1-0 defeat by England at Wembley the only blemish.
(5) Yes, Khodorkovsky has been very unlucky in his fate, but we, his compatriots, have been unbelievably lucky: the party of human dignity is today embodied by an individual who conducts himself in a model fashion and does not bend or break under pressure.
(6) To cure Alzheimer’s, we first need to figure out why some of us are unlucky enough to get it.
(7) I’m nothing special, I’m just a nurse doing her job who got unlucky and caught a virus.
(8) There is nothing that anybody can do to pool their risk with the rest of the population, you just have to hope that you are not unlucky.
(9) Isaac Rosenberg's insignificant military career and unlucky end were sadly all too common in the first world war and would not be of any special interest had he not emerged as one of the most powerful poets of that war.
(10) She had a horrible taste in men, or was incredibly unlucky,” said Swingle.
(11) The Tories are likely to to face criticism for making those people unlucky enough to lose out in the lottery of serious illnesses in old age being penalised again by having all their assets above £100,000 being sequestrated by the state.
(12) The Argentinian playmaker picked up the loose ball and was unlucky to see his curling shot drift wide.
(13) I am one of the unlucky ones as my ancestors emigrated in the 19th century to Australia and eventually returned to Britain.
(14) Last season we were unlucky in the semi-finals and this season we would like to carry on the good work,” Cech said.
(15) While accepting Italy had been unlucky to be knocked out, Blatter urged restraint on the part of Italy's outraged team, officials and supporters, saying that not only the officials but their players had made decisive mistakes.
(16) If the worst part of the task will be whittling his initial 30 choices down to 23 and informing the unlucky seven, ask him what he is most anticipating and Hodgson is unequivocal: "I am looking forward to that first victory and I hope it is the first game so we are off and running."
(17) "I can say with my hand on my heart that it was not deliberate ... it was just my Norman Wisdom moment, just one of those unbelievably unlucky things that can sometimes happen.
(18) They ignore the poverty that exists for the children who are unlucky enough to live in areas labelled as “affluent” – they’re whitewashed as “having it all” thanks to the average local income.
(19) Even before lanes were finished some cyclists squeezed between fences to use them, an unlucky few crashing into barriers marking the end of completed sections while riding at night.
(20) Given we'd have to make claims for at least four unrelated repairs a year to end up spending that £186 saving in excess payments (and, surely, we'd have to be really unlucky to need that many again), going for the Flexi option looks very attractive.