Sentence examples for fortunate and powerful from inspiring English sources

For many reasons ordinary freemen tended generally to lose their independence and had to seek aid from their more fortunate and powerful neighbours; thus, they lost their standing in the assemblies of their tribe.

But if the winds are fortunate (steady and powerful enough), she does envision a time when thousands of apartment houses, particularly taller ones facing stiff offshore breezes, will have rooftop turbines to reduce their dependence on electricity generated by oil, gas or coal.

In New York since the 1860s, Central Park and other public open spaces have offered some of the same amenities that were once the exclusive province of the affluent and powerful, to residents not fortunate enough to possess their own county house set on rolling acres.

"I am fortunate to be surrounded by many strong and powerful women in my work and personal life.

The easy explanation, of course, is that the wealthy and powerful avoid their comeuppance while those less fortunate face the wrath of prosecutors.

But do the rich and powerful, having once imagined their way into the shoes of the less fortunate, change course and renounce all they have, as both Buddha and Jesus advised?

It may come as an unwelcome surprise to some but there are repeated exhortations in the Bible that we look after the less fortunate members of society and condemnations of the exploitation of the poor by the rich and powerful.

And it is not easy to be surrounded every day by so many of the more fortunate: powerful directors, arrogant up-and-coming assistants and real live spoiled movie stars.

Rich, intense and powerful.

"And powerful!" Pesce said.

Tiberius became proud and powerful.