- an ill-fated business venture.
- an ill-starred romance.
- doomed to unhappiness.
- fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination.
- poor damned souls.
- the agony of the doomed was in his voice.
- the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed.
- the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons.
- their business venture was doomed from the start.