Sentence examples for good fortune of playing from inspiring English sources

We had the good fortune of playing Minnesota without the full complement of their players.

"I had the good fortune of playing in three decades, and when you play that long, you're going to see some unbelievable players," Randolph said Tuesday.

It was a grueling schedule, but two decades later, Williams spoke appreciatively about his good fortune of playing music and baseball simultaneously as a youngster.

Facing the hapless Vikings (1-5) certainly helped, but this first quality effort of the Giants season was not all luck and having the good fortune of playing a team without a bona fide quarterback.

For the last four years, I've had the good fortune of playing the driven, no-nonsense Dr. Charlotte King on ABC's Private Practice.

The one doing the convincing is John Pressman, a teacher at the school and a fellow Dartmouth alum, who has the good fortune of being played by Paul Rudd.

We also make the acquaintance of Hannah, a recent law school graduate with the bad luck to have a useless boyfriend (Josh Groban) and the splendid good fortune of being played by Emma Stone.

It used to be the aspiration of every professional footballer to play in the World Cup, but this time around there was a growing sense that, for some of the wealthiest — especially those who didn't have the good fortune to play for one of the stronger footballing nations — it was an unattractive alternative to a well-earned beach holiday.

I've had the good fortune of seeing you play over many decades and you never feel like you're on autopilot to me.

Manning, despite moving from the Colts to the Broncos in 2012, has often had the good fortune to play with elite groups of receivers, be it Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne in Indianapolis, or the fearsome foursome of Demaryius Thomas, Wes Welker, Eric Decker and Julius Thomas in Denver.

At my boys school, I had the good fortune to play Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest when I was 16.