In that same way, a true and meaningful connection felt between two people, even if it ends unhappily, is a miracle. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"Don't you recognize me?" he called unhappily as he was pulled away. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Down to Santiago, where a telegram waited him from the Emperor of Brazil announcing his election to the Acadèmie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, a great honor about which Agassiz remarks: The distinction unhappily is usually a brevet of infirmity, or at least of old age, and in my case it is to a falling house that the diploma is addressed. ❋ Unknown (1939)
For how canyon prevent from coming to the city, a youth, full of fire and curiosity, and in search of gayety, which he does not know, to be artificial only, and which he thinks he sees floating above every city, and which, unhappily is not to be found in the country! ❋ Unknown (1920)
He declined it on the score of being full, and that by Christmas the subject would be 'passé,' which it cannot be, for the subject, unhappily, is going on, and the problem won't be solved, this long while, at least, of 'Modern Scepticism and Modern Belief.' ❋ Unknown (1892)
Philpot's cornet, and awaited their "unsuspecting victim," as the phrase unhappily, and with too much truth, goes. ❋ William Carleton (1831)
The quality of his successor’s concerns us here and now – and unhappily is becoming all too evident. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And one would expect, therefore, that a progressive and systematically thoughtful government would move heaven and earth to rescue the nation from the carnage which AIDS is taking, and unhappily, that is not the case, although in every other country in southern Africa I have visited, they are moving heaven and earth to turn things around. ❋ Unknown (2006)
At the square end of the horse-shoe, so to speak, stretched the imposing canvas screen, painted in a most elaborate style, by the hand of some artist whose name unhappily has not been preserved for the benefit of posterity. ❋ Fred E. Weatherly (N/A)
Thus while Papin was applying the force of vaporized water in mechanical problems, a French woman, whose name unhappily is unknown, had the glory of endowing her sex with the faculty of vaporizing their fluids. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)
Again, there are not the facilities for the purchase of strong drink, such as unhappily characterizes the condition of affairs in Great Britain; but away and beyond these preventives lies the fact that every man is imbued with the idea that he must keep himself fit and 'play the game,' and the result is that at the Front to-day we have a sober army. ❋ Edmund John Kennedy (N/A)
But with the altered punctuation 'unhappily' is separable from the relative clause, which may now define: 'that obtains in Europe and (I am sorry to have to add) in America.' ❋ Unknown (1908)
Now a defining clause must contain no word that is not meant to contribute to definition; if, then, the 'and which' clause defines, the writer wishes to distinguish the religion in question, not only from those European religions that have not been colonially introduced into America, but also from those European religions that have been introduced, but whose introduction is not a matter for regret; that is the only defining meaning that 'unhappily' can bear, and unless we accept this interpretation the clause is non-defining. ❋ Unknown (1908)
maybe it all ended "unhappily" because Collins had an affair with his ghost writer, not a good idea for a married man, priest and evangelist - doesn't look good on the CV! ❋ Michael Allen (2004)
And unhappily, we cannot leave the social stand-point out of our reckoning. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The image of Ilan and Gabriel sitting unhappily in the Oldsmobile disappeared in a wash of gray. ❋ Dia Reeves (2011)
Viktor woke me up, and Galina slapped some makeup on me before ushering me onto the podium where I stood, very unhappily, accepting the silver medal. ❋ Johnny Weir (2011)
Did you see that baby boy? he looked like his [pancreas] was about to [rupture]! he was probably [unhappily joyful]... ❋ Twentyninern (2011)
