Sentence examples for using fortune from inspiring English sources

Islam forbids gambling, but the Bible mentions casting lots or using fortune to determine an outcome.

You can also expect more stumbling over the Jeremy Lin phenomenon, with the latest coming from a most unlikely source: Ben & Jerry's, which finds itself apologizing for using fortune cookies in its Taste the Lin-Sanity flavor.

Just using Fortune's rough math, 45percentt of some whole worth $350 million implies that the full canoe is worth around $777 million.

Usually, although Polybius uses Fortune to cover a variety of phenomena, ranging from pure chance to something very like a purposeful providence, much of the apparent inconsistency springs from his use of purely verbal elaboration or the careless adoption of current Hellenistic terminology, which habitually made Fortune a goddess.

Ingredients 1/4 cup (2 ounces) light brown sugar 3 tablespoons unsalted butter Pinch of fine sea salt 5 medium size plum (I used fortune plums), pitted and cut into eight wedges 1 tablespoon rum 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon.

Using the fortune left to her by her third husband, Vincent Astor, heir to a fortune originally built on fur trading, she supported many New York institutions and causes.

Since then he has apparently been using that fortune to help effect change.

It terms Mr Soros an "eccentric plutocrat using his fortune to fund a private foreign policy".

Using untraditional fortune cookies, he said, is an attempt "to inject another element of fun in the dining experience".

Only a few years ago, Ashcroft was inside Conservative central office using his fortune to help Cameron's party target dozens of crucial marginal seats.

Mr. Bloomberg, whose contributions have been far larger than Mr. Corzine's, has been criticized for using his fortune to buttress his political aims.