Sentence examples for reverse of fortune from inspiring English sources

The diplomatic gaffe is a reverse of fortune for Ms Chacón, 38, who made headlines when she took office last April and reviewed her troops while heavily pregnant.

Such a shock alone merits the label of a reverse of fortune.

Increasing numbers of Russians have got used to a higher quality of life, imported products and foreign travel, which makes the sudden reverse of fortunes come as a shock.

But these Reverses of Fortune dont discourage me.

The narrative delivers all the bleak hardship and reverses of fortune promised by the title, from a Polish saying that roughly translates as "one for sorrow", but Magda's rehabilitation through her childhood smallholding skills is infused with joy and the novel ends with a sense of space that could be filled with a second prequel volume, but does not need to be.

The careers of low-grade and middle-grade officials were largely secure; in the high ranks of the central administration, "reverses of fortune were to be feared," as Sinologist historian Jacques Gernet put it.

These lines from "Trojans" (the reference is to the "Iliad") written in 1900, are typical:> We imagine that with resolve and daring we will reverse the animosity of fortune, and so we take our stand outside, to fight.

The plan must be approved by Gov. George E. Pataki, but after 30 years of efforts to reverse the fortunes of a rural county where many hotels are shuttered and one-third of the families earn less than $26,000 a year, proponents said the federal letter of approval was a huge step forward.

Swangin echoed Guterres' warning that "funding alone will not reverse the fortunes of millions of people in Yemen," asserting that humanitarian access and a cessation of violence are also essential.

French Connection is dumping the Nicole Farhi brand and taking the knife to its US chain as part of an overhaul to reverse the fortunes of the ailing fashion group.

Currently there is a dearth of foreign capital to reverse the fortunes of these emerging market countries.