Sentence examples for a form of fortune from inspiring English sources

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Ms. de Berk said her "compulsion" referred to her love for laying out Tarot cards, a form of fortune telling, for her patients.

Very strange!" Explaining her hidden "compulsion" recently, Ms. de Berk said it was her love for laying out Tarot cards, a form of fortune telling, for critically ill patients.

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Card solitaires originated toward the end of the 18th century, apparently in the Baltic region of Europe and possibly as a form of fortune-telling; whether or not a game "came out" supposedly indicated whether or not the player's desire would come true.

Born in the 14th century, he wrote about love, wine, women and spirituality, giving rise to a form of fortune-telling that is still hugely popular: you ask a question, open a page of his verse at random, and receive guidance through his words.

SHARON OLDS Author of "Strike Sparks: Selected Poems 1980-2002" I'd grant the very rich the boon of helping them help others, as a form of gratitude for their good fortune.

Metahaven reproduced the everywhere and nowhere script in the form of fortune cookie messages that they littered throughout the space.

But "Celebrity Rehab" is actually a form of co-dependence, a channel making its fortune from other people's misfortune, and unfortunate people relying on a network to revive their careers, a Quaalude pro quo.

The private-equity business that Romney made his fortune in represents a form of über-capitalism, which, citing the gospel of economic efficiency, uses debt, aggressive management, and the bankruptcy laws to redistribute the fruits of corporate enterprise in a particular direction—upward.

Those books are almost a form of medication; I reckon we save the NHS a fortune in antidepressants".

"Wheel of Fortune" did not work in Indonesia because the mostly Muslim population thought it was a form of gambling.

Even when his fortunes improve, P senses his spiritual bankruptcy, eventually attaining a form of sobriety through solitaire.

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