How to Use fortune in a Sentence
fortune
noun- The book follows the fortunes of two families through the years.
- They had the good fortune to escape injury when their car crashed.
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That's quite a twist of luck there, a change of fortune.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
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Pandya promised to turn the brand’s fortunes around and open new stores.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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One of the first things Sargsyan did with his new fortune was buy a Rolex.
—Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
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The Phillies spent a fortune on him before the 2023 season.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
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Kevin O’Connell’s fortunes in close games have done a 180.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
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Zoltar beckons you, for a small fee, to try for a new fortune.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
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Even a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night wasn’t enough to change the sense of the team’s fortunes.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
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Jenner twists the top cookie from the rest of the Oreo and looks inside as if reading a fortune.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
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The go-go ’80s lifted the art market and Wall Street, and the rising fortunes of both lifted Raoul’s.
—Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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Cartier hoped the fish would make his fortune and needed the flowers, or at least the tree bark, to save his life.
—Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
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The best outdoor sauna for your family doesn’t have to cost a fortune.
—Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2023
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Hinch said the move was made with an eye toward changing Wentz’s fortunes.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
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The gilded world of Felix and his acolytes seems unattainable, but then fortune smiles.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
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Same for the fruit to set at my grandpa and grandma’s altar, as well as the joss paper to burn for their good fortune.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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To this cause, each signer pledged his life, fortune and honor.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
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Those benefits from the IRA, though, are just a small chunk of the many ways Musk’s fortune is premised on public money.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
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Either way, you’ll be shielded from the sun in style and without having spent a fortune to do so.
—Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
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However, the pressure is squarely on Wilson to turn his – and the team’s – fortunes around.
—oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
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Changing fortunes — and the narrative — will demand more than a spot weld here and there.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
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Their fortunes changed when a group of young officers ousted the last Imam in 1962 and formed a republic.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
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The losses are a stunning reversal in fortunes for the two entrepreneurs.
—Justin Ray, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
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That kind of fandom could be fruitful for the film’s fortunes moving forward.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2023
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In the play, Falstaff attempts to woo two married women in a clumsy bid to steal their fortunes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
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The grandson of a billionaire oil tycoon, Davis is an heir to a massive fortune.
—Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
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And, in a surprise twist that could bode well for their postseason fortunes, the Dodgers didn’t run out of pitching either.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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That news led the Adani Group’s stock to rebound mightily, and the founder has seen his fortune rise by $13.3 billion, the largest wealth gain of anyone this year (so far).
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2024
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In some ways, the stock has become a vehicle for people to bet on the political fortunes of Trump.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
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After a string of victories in the first year of the war, fortunes have turned for the Ukrainian military, which is dug in, outgunned, and outnumbered.
—Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
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