1. Afterwards he was reticent about the ill-fortune which has plagued him.

2. Ill-fortune could strike Frank Lampard or John Terry from the line-up and upset them but Mourinho will be pondering a more predictable turn of events.

3. Around the world, many cultures believe that any harm done to a dolphin may cause ill-fortune or sickness.

4. It is also the tradition that every family thoroughly cleans the house to sweep away any ill-fortune in hopes to make way for good incoming luck.

5. Speaking before the weekend game, Wenger pointed out that this development, plus a little less ill-fortune with injuries, could make a difference next season.

6. When the introductions are over, the bride tells Pinkerton that she comes from a once rich family that later met with ill-fortune, whereupon she was forced to earn a living as a geisha.

7. Furthermore, red is the same as the color of blood, and since a sacrifice of blood has a lucky effect, red came to be ordained as having the meaning of avoiding ill-fortune.

8. Eric listened patiently, making appropriate sounds and shakes of his head, but looking at me as though I were contaminated, the bearer into his office of a freshly mutated virus of ill-fortune.