Unfortunately

//ʌnˈfɔː.tjʊ.nət.li//

"Unfortunately" in a Sentence (17 examples)

It is unfortunately true.

Unfortunately, the telephone was out of order.

The bad news is unfortunately true.

Unfortunately he refused to come.

Unfortunately, the store was closed.

Unfortunately, I hit the morning rush hour.

Unfortunately, there was no one around.

Unfortunately I was not in time for his speech.

Unfortunately I have no money with me.

Unfortunately, it rained yesterday.

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He unfortunately placed his hand on a loose brick.

There were an unfortunately large number of misprints.

The houses which burned down could have been saved. Unfortunately, the fire truck had broken down on the way.

Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.

Unfortunately, even in the palmiest days of the old Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Company, passengers were few and far between at Troutbeck, and since the advent of the motor bus road services they are rarer than ever, and never likely to increase.

Informal techniques, if properly written, can be quite readable and comprehensible; unfortunately, it is easy to leave unsaid details that must be specified, or to misgeneralise and produce inconsistencies.

The thing he unfortunately doesn't recognise is there is an 800-pound gorilla when it comes to major American motor sports. The 800-pound gorilla is Nascar.

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