Sentence examples for tell fortune from inspiring English sources

"tell fortune" is not a complete sentence.
When used alone, "tell fortune" usually has a connotation of consulting a fortune-teller, which is not correct in formal written English. You could instead say something like, "My fortune-teller told me..." or "I consulted a fortune-teller and they said..."

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According to insurance documents provided to me by ACES, the case against Selgado—"Pretend[ing] to tell Fortune"—was dismissed on grounds that there was "no case to answer".

Now two music industry sources tell Fortune that Amazon is talking to MySpace (NWS, Fortune 500) about becoming the social networking giant's download store partner when it rolls out its highly anticipated joint venture with Universal, Warner Music and SonyBMG in September.

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His mother liked to tell fortunes.

He said he could tell fortunes.

Female fairies may tell fortunes, particularly prophesying at births and foretelling deaths.

Spiritual advisers tell fortunes based on the exact time of a client's birthdate.

Nor does he have his fortune told, or tell fortunes at parties at his home, although guests often ask.

Madame Gisele dislikes Amalia's visits because it is impossible to tell fortunes for people like Marie.

They have stayed with me ever since and help me tell fortunes".

She also refuses to "tell fortunes," explaining that she feels "that is too dangerous".

But he was always fascinated by divination, he told HuffPost, having grown up watching his grandmother tell fortunes with playing cards.

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