Unfortunately

Examples

• My father brought me to the door, not a minute ago, but unfortunately he was not told that you were here, and he has gone away on some business. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Unfortunately I have an engagement. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• So I should have done, had I not unfortunately happened to engage Boultby to sup with me on his way home from the Bible Society meeting at Nunnely. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Naturally, it was to my interest to buy their land before they discovered its true value, but unfortunately I had no capital by which I could do this. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Marie was one of those unfortunately constituted mortals, in whose eyes whatever is lost and gone assumes a value which it never had in possession. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I collected, too, quite a large scrap-book of it, but unfortunately have lost it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Unfortunately a sudden change came, fraught with disaster. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Unfortunately, madam, I had no possible alternative. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• My information is, unfortunately, but too correct,' said the middle- aged lady; 'I was present at the quarrel. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It ought to be one; but unfortunately it is not. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• More unfortunately still, she had relations. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It happens, unfortunately, that that single blemish is a want of taste. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Yes--she's been abominably treated; but it's unfortunately the precise thing that a man who wants to show his sympathy can't say to her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Unfortunately, this want of ammunition left him no choice of route for his return but by way of Kanawha. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Unfortunately Mercury is no snuff-taker. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I should have been happy to have made Lady Dedlock a prominent consideration, too, if the case had admitted of it; but unfortunately it does not. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Unfortunately, however, this latter furnishes the chief materials of the imitative arts. Plato. The Republic.
• Unfortunately, the suggestion is not practical; a fallacy is concealed in it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• How unfortunately was he mistaken! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But unfortunately Demi's most unconquerable prejudice was against going to bed, and that night he decided to go on a rampage. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Precious time has been lost, sir, through your unfortunately not being at home at half past ten last night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The prudence of this line of action, indeed, was obvious; but, unfortunately, there was one very strong objection to its being adopted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Being, unfortunately for myself, quite innocent of all suspicion, I read the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Unfortunately his way was no longer clear. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is unfortunately more than possible; it is certain. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Unfortunately, Mr. Davis particularly detested the odor of the fashionable pickle, and disgust added to his wrath. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Two dances, unfortunately, were all that could be allowed. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The height was now five feet, at which Caliphronas, unfortunately for himself, went with over-confidence, so that he touched the tape lightly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• My name was unfortunately too well known on such documents: he failed to negotiate it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Then my spouse unfortunately overworked herself in washing the house, so that we could do no longer without a maid. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

Edited by Angelina