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.
• His mind is the unlucky place where the ink and earth mix.
  — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2020
• There are the winners but mostly the losers, the lucky and the unlucky.
  — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
• Some are just unlucky to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2018
• 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
• And one of the unlucky millions who was made to feel bad about it.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• 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
• In this case, a little owl was the unlucky target of the roller’s ire.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
• On the ground, Abaco was at the time one of the most unlucky, unsafe places in the hemisphere.
  — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2019
• 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
• The Maple Leafs have perhaps been a bit puck-unlucky during the stretch.
  — Esten McLaren, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 7 Feb. 2020
• 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
• Some unlucky people just happened to be in the line of fire, or on the other side of a wall.
  — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019
• The number 13 doesn't have to be unlucky (just ask Taylor Swift!).
  — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
• The Bulldogs were then hurt by a stretch of unlucky innings.
  — Shawn McFarland, courant.com, 7 June 2018
• Ross was unlucky enough to be counted among that group.
  — Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 28 Dec. 2019
• There would be an outcry for the school that just missed, and finished an unlucky 13th.
  — Greg Cote, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
• 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
• Lucky that there was bit more space from the neighbors—but unlucky that the neighbor pulled his car into driveway.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
• Zoom out: One of this unlucky person's arms is pulled by forces demanding the biggest tax cuts possible.
  — Neil Irwin, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Feb 2025