Sentence examples for were relatively fortunate from inspiring English sources

Hasidim who lived in Poland were almost completely destroyed in the Holocaust, but the Lubavitchers were relatively fortunate in having been subjects first of the Russian czars and then of Soviet rule.

"We were relatively fortunate to come away with a victory," Birmingham Coach Elliot Turret said.

Mr. Sturm is relatively fortunate.

Still, I knew I was relatively fortunate.

Ghaith was relatively fortunate: he was released after six days.

He is relatively fortunate; most Kenyans have no job at all.

The London economy was relatively fortunate in being able to offset manufacturing decline by participating in the growth of global financial markets.

But, like India, it has been relatively fortunate in evolving a mode of politics that can include many discontinuities — of class, region, ethnicity, and religion.

The Palestinians are relatively fortunate: the world cares about their region, and the UN agency that has looked after their refugees since Israel's establishment averts starvation.

But to be fair to Chris, he sees this, that he is relatively fortunate, and some people would crave any kind of solution, take anything on offer.

Five years later, when Lisbon was all but demolished by an enormous earthquake, the unholy refrain was heard again — one preacher even argued that the people of Lisbon had been relatively fortunate, for God had spared more people than he had killed.