Sentence examples for fortune fate from inspiring English sources

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Right on: astrum is Latin for "star," and the stars were believed to foretell destiny, fortune, fate or hap (meaning "luck").

But the current title resonates the most, because the play has to do with the way that both meanings of the word "fortune" fate and finances — hinge and impinge on each other.

Misadventures which the world ascribes to fortune, fate or the malice of our superhuman guardians will always in fact be trials of virtue, chastisements for sin (perhaps forgotten) or correctives to hidden injustice.

Most of all, he will need a lot of luck". Michael himself, on media day back in Placentia, grappled with the question of luck, fortune, fate.

But [with Joe], I knew immediately". Wright clearly felt likewise – kismet, fate, fortune.

But here, as in much of his work, Wilson evinces a keen sympathy for men and woman relegated by fate, fortune or natural inclination to the margins of life.

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Custom also ritualized much of the text of the ketubah, the Jewish marriage contract, which treated marriage as a union of families and fortunes and fates.

Many will be watching Dropbox's IPO to see if it stands up longer term and becomes a bellwether for the fortunes and fates of many other outsized "startups" that many have also expecting to list, including those that have already filed to go public like Spotify, as well as those that have yet to make any official pronouncements, like Airbnb.

As McMahon points out, "In virtually every Indo-European language, the modern word for happiness is cognate with luck, fortune or fate".

And our fates and fortunes are linked like never before.

"Our fates and fortunes are linked like never before," he said.

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