Sentence examples for exceptional destiny from inspiring English sources

The general's claims for France's "exalted and exceptional destiny" may, to today's ear, sound over the top.

It echoes de Gaulle's "certain idea" of France, "dedicated to an exalted and exceptional destiny", 50 years ago.

It would be true to say that she was an ambitious woman who had an exceptional destiny and did not do too badly with it.

I think it's very novelistic to show at what point an exceptional destiny like hers can hang literally by a thread".

The emotional side of me tends to imagine France, like the princess in the fairy stories or the Madonna in the frescoes, as dedicated to an exalted and exceptional destiny.

They are also often outsiders.America was once the quintessential triple-package nation, convinced of its own exceptional destiny, a chosen people with a strong Protestant work ethic and yet riddled with insecurity in the face of Europe's cultural imperialism.

"This intersection is where two great minds and two exceptional destinies met," the mayor said.

They are both countries which believe in their own special destiny and which see their culture as an exceptional gift to humanity.

According to the candidates and their teams, this is the most important election in a generation, a crossroads for an exceptional nation whose destiny depends on the selection of a leader with heroic skill and judgment.

We had to be returned to our exceptional mission, to fulfill our destiny as God's people, or risk total doom.

I guess I'm saying that at a time when traditional routes to journalism careers are being questioned, exceptional journalists can create their own destiny.