noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
suffer
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The casualties were far fewer, but the train did not suffer the extraordinary misfortune of striking a bridge.
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By no means was McRae the only driver to suffer misfortune .
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The couple have suffered a catalogue of misfortune in recent weeks.
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Is he the only geophysics supervisor to have suffered the misfortune of losing a student to the great geophysicist in the sky?
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I have suffered a misfortune , she told herself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her misfortunes worsened this year, when her company eliminated her position and she lost her job.
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It was impossible not to feel sympathy for the family's misfortune .
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These people are taking advantage of our misfortunes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Amelia had the misfortune to arrive during the darkest period in Atchison history.
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If you do have the misfortune to have a burst pipe, the most important thing is not to panic.
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It was undertaken generally by people who had experienced personal misfortune .
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So, too, do those people in towns who have the misfortune to live near the wrong warehouse.
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The casualties were far fewer, but the train did not suffer the extraordinary misfortune of striking a bridge.
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This at first seemed a great misfortune , for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a woodchopper.
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Those for Diem were red, which signified good luck, and those for Bao Dai green, the color of misfortune .
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Timante examines the book which relates the misfortunes of his wife, whose whereabouts he did not know.