Use "fortune" in a sentence

1. Hopefully she could get enough money from Herndon that she wouldn't have to tend sail on a freighter to get home, she hadn't brought much with her and with all his fortunes he often balked at paying for her yaag

2. doostEr was suspicious that Tahlmute was coloring this with his own fortunes, the Yingolian crystals bubble burst ten decades ago

3. Fortunes varied, were won and lost, and the family name changed through the ages, becoming a proper product of each model of social propriety, until, at the very end of a long line of ancestors , there was but one member of the family left living

4. One day, attracted by the unrivalled opportunities being offered to skilled people by this new broom sweeping through government’s old and crusty cobwebs of social patronage, two provincial public relations specialists arrived in the city determined to make their fortunes

5. Most of all, however, it was called by this name because it was funny watching other people making complete fools of themselves, and pretty soon nearly every television programme featured ordinary people trying to win small fortunes, to become movie stars and generally being the nastiest of nasties in the woodpile

6. Fortunes varied, were

7. specialists arrived in the city determined to make their fortunes

8. But when the ships gates first opened, he had been one of the people gaping up into it and the glittering fortunes on display

9. own fortunes over the past week or so

10. restore the fortunes of Jacob and will

11. 1“In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah

12. fortunes fluctuated depending on the skill of the hunters

13. The great fortunes so suddenly and so easily acquired in Bengal and the other British settlements in the East Indies, may satisfy us, that as the wages of labour are very low, so the profits of stock are very high in those ruined countries

14. All people of small or middling fortunes would be obliged to superintend themselves the employment of their own stocks

15. It seldom happens, however, that great fortunes are made, even in great towns,

16. eminent teachers in those times appear to have acquired great fortunes

17. ‘The fortunes of this Abbey won’t be determined by

18. Mining, it seems, is considered there in the same light as here, as a lottery, in which the prizes do not compensate the blanks, though the greatness of some tempts many adventurers to throw away their fortunes in such unprosperous projects

19. We see, every day, the most splendid fortunes, that have been acquired in the course of a single life, by trade and manufactures, frequently from a very small capital, sometimes from no capital

20. Though individuals, besides, may sometimes ruin their fortunes by an excessive consumption of fermented liquors, there seems to be no risk that a nation should do so

21. There were families out there who would give half of their fortunes away to have a son-in-law like him

22. That this extraordinary profit, however, is no more than sufficient to put his trade upon a fair level with other trades, and to compensate the many losses which he sustains upon other occasions, both from the perishable nature of the commodity itself, and from the frequent and unforeseen fluctuations of its price, seems evident enough, from this single circumstance, that great fortunes are as seldom made in this as in any other trade

23. And its not just alligators - crocodiles, monitor lizards and even snakes all experience an upturn in their fortunes

24. This law, however, though we read of its having been executed upon one or two occasions, was either neglected or evaded, and the inequality of fortunes went on continually increasing

25. This total exemption front trouble and front risk, beyond a limited sum, encourages many people to become adventurers in joint-stock companies, who would, upon no account, hazard their fortunes in any private copartnery

26. Their ill success was imputed, by their factors and agents, to the extortion and oppression of the Spanish government ; but was, perhaps, principally owing to the profusion and depredations of those very factors and agents; some of whom are said to have acquired great fortunes, even in one year

27. The trade of insurance gives great security to the fortunes of private people, and, by dividing among a great many that loss which would ruin an individual, makes it fall light and easy upon the whole society

28. The English copper company of London, the lead-smelting company, the glass-grinding company, have not even the pretext of any great or singular utility in the object which they pursue ; nor does the pursuit of that object seem to require any expense unsuitable to the fortunes of many private men

29. In England, success in the profession of the law leads to some very great objects of ambition ; and yet how few men, born to easy fortunes, have ever in this country been eminent in that profession?

30. Princes, however, have frequently engaged in many other mercantile projects, and have been willing, like private persons, to mend their fortunes, by becoming adventurers in the common branches of trade

31. Those agents frequently live with the profusion of princes ; and sometimes, too, in spite of that profusion, and by a proper method of making up their accounts, acquire the fortunes of princes

32. All shop-keepers and tradesmen worth more than three hundred pounds, that is, the better sort of them, were subject to the same assessment, how great soever might be the difference in their fortunes

33. Their wealth would alone excite the public indignation; and the vanity which almost always accompanies such upstart fortunes, the foolish ostentation with which they commonly display that wealth, excite that indignation still more

34. It occasions a general and most pernicious subversion of the fortunes of private people; enriching, in most cases, the idle and profuse debtor, at the expense of the industrious and frugal creditor ; and transporting a great part of the national capital from the hands which were likely to increase and improve it, to those who are likely to dissipate and destroy it

35. world, all seeking their own fortunes

36. A seemingly small player in the very big game, he was as unnoticed like a shadow, watching for the gaps and the opportunities to change fortunes for those who needed it

37. In a period of hyperinflation, Forge’s fortunes would become meaningless

38. The opponents of ―Wealth‖ oftentimes ignore its humbler origins by rejecting off-hand the many hardships that many financially successful individuals had to endure—hard work, taking calculated risks and self-sacrifice in order to acquire their fortune(s)

39. ) Adopting conspicuously faulty and (otherwise) self-serving reasoning conveniently side-steps a very important fact; that we all exist in a less than perfect world subject to changing fortunes and other unexpected events that routinely challenge our mettle; and that Nature, however, has its own inestimable manner of compensating each of us with an innate capacity to endure hardships and rise above our present condition however unfavorable or improbable our prospects for a ―better‖ life may appear and that an individual‘s threshold for suffering and privation oftentimes vary in proportion to that individual‘s (mental) endurance and acquired habits in spite of that individual‘s accustomed environment and in any event, such (gratuitous) impressions are problematical at best and should not serve as a litmus test in determining who should or should not be permitted to live or given an equal opportunity to exercise free choice(s) pre-empted by selfish motives indifferent to such rights; motives whose arbitrary designs are (otherwise) impervious to the apparent limits or consequences of questionable solutions whose (hardened) indifference to Life must inevitably diminish the (inherent) value a society confers upon its citizens regardless of their station in life

40. That the confiscation of personal property and private fortunes promotes wealth creation is a non sequitur!

41. Beneath the brightest of moons the air rang with the screams and shouts of the struggling boars as they swayed back and forth across the clearing, their changing fortunes marked by the growing bloodstains on the soil

42. The Victors oftentimes look to consolidate their fortunes for their own sake rather than taking a chance that the spoils of victory might spill over to the Vanquished

43. As a graying sixties generation quickly approaches middle age, sustained by a wistful desire for the ―good old days‖ that typified its youthful idealism, many can‘t help reflecting on those formative years without forlorn regret over a progeny whose slackening awareness and indifference to social ―causes‖ and other immediate issues that continue to trouble our society has given way to self-gratifying designs, like amassing ―huge‖ fortunes, for example

44. crew member’s fortunes would rise or fall at the whim of the

45. thousand traveled to Alaska seeking their fortunes, and about

46. In Victorian times, Nottinghamshire farmers had made their fortunes and losses on just this spot

47. Had they known that taking out Quan would reap these kinds of fortunes, they’d have done it years ago

48. ing our fortunes, homes, and retirement nest egg-things that are guar-

49. To build up the family fortunes, and correctly use the family resources!

50. Since that time downtown activity has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes and misfortunes of the city

51. Opposite, top: Cattlemen are a breed unto themselves; their fortunes revolve around weather, the health of their herd, the price of feed, and the economy

52. Lady Luck hadn’t only abandoned me; she’d left everyone else’s bad fortunes behind

53. She was to smile sweetly at the many times she heard herself described as a 'fortune hunter' when in actual fact, though she dated some of Australia's richest available, she had not shown the slightest interest in their family fortunes

54. Stevie Grey is the best Broker in Melbourne, and he was to increase all our fortunes substantially, with his suggestions

55. faith in American capitalism went into a tailspin, and the fortunes of the radical movement revived

56. During the recent economic downturn we saw how easily money seemed to slip away, how difficult it became to acquire and to keep, how suddenly fortunes can disappear and prospects dry up

57. Sometimes the fortunes are fun and appropriately on target, but the timing was poor on this one

58. “The builders least of all, for their fortunes are being made with every hour! And much of the material is being imported from all over Kellaran, newly available on the market since the founding of the alliance! This is the greatest burst of prosperity the world has ever seen! And that’s saying something, because before all this started, we were already doing better than we ever had before!”

59. I’ve been cursed and blessed, been married and assassinated, fallen madly in love, been gifted with fortunes and tasked with great responsibility

60. My life’s fortunes had turned around

61. Their fortunes were always their first worry

62. All I know is that the whole family sold out and then spread their new fortunes into all kinds of new, random investments

63. Now fortunes changed and the rations shrank

64. We're talking here about the secrets of the millionaires - the entrepreneurs who have made their fortunes

65. As good fortunes would have it, I can easily avoid him by

66. I tried to give back the good fortunes that had been bestowed upon me, but I was also

67. Emperors, kings, heroes and noblemen all went to the Oracle and paid handsomely to have their fortunes revealed

68. After receiving their fortunes, most of the pirates headed quickly towards the docks to get to their ships, ready to sail with the tide

69. in fortunes had been rather sudden and surprising, she didn‘t see any reason why that should

70. Inheritance, family fortunes, a family home bought and paid for

71. He stood transfixed, his mind wandering over the association between the tape and his good fortunes

72. Industries, fortunes, even empires have

73. "Out there," pointing to the great outdoors, "are fortunes for everyone wil ing to accept that truth

74. Furthermore, anything with a figure of 8 is said to carry great luck and vast fortunes, yet in a country where 85% of poverty still exists, it could hardly be a symbol of luck right?

75. Rio shrugged his shoulders, “They spend fortunes on this little break to Natal

76. So also will I, after my Father has invested me with all power and authority, continue to follow your fortunes and to guide in the affairs of the kingdom by the presence of my spirit, who shall shortly be poured out upon all flesh

77. Fear for his personal fortunes now eclipsed all other considerations, and the cowardly governor ordered Jesus brought out before the judgment seat

78. Rachel and Isaac’s youngest, Gabby, Wendy and Joshua’s youngest, Barney, Reuben and Suwanee’s youngest, Delmar and Rashi and Esther’s daughter Caroline would venture out with their parents while their older siblings would seek their fortunes elsewhere

79. Eavesdroppers heard them talk about the children who had departed to seek their fortunes elsewhere as one would bring an old family friend up to speed on the latest goings on

80. fortunes by doing the same thing that they're telling the Third

81. send their fortunes back to their homeland where they live

82. Telling Fortunes with Cards,

83. One biographer of the man said, of course, no amount of charities in spending such fortunes can compensate for the misconduct in acquiring them

84. In a few years, without effort, simply by luck, he had accumulated one of the largest fortunes in the swamp thanks to the supernatural proliferation of his animals

85. He sensed it in the way the tower-blocks defied gravity, he sensed it in the way people who had felt invincible the night before were reduced to gutter crawling mortals in the rubicund dawn, he sensed it in the way bits of paper could change lives and build fortunes

86. An avalanche ensued, both making and breaking fortunes as it went

87. Her severity made the house a redoubt of old customs in a town convulsed by the vulgarity with which the outsiders squandered their easy fortunes

88. Western banks, from which he carved their joint fortunes, were unaware at the

89. Peter Durant, the very same man you met back at the beginning of this story, began a list of fortune cookie fortunes that would never be outdone

90. millionaire personal fortunes are not affected by monthly bills that

91. that is where investors won or lost their fortunes

92. Feltus listened closely as he pondered each option given with respect to Preacher Cooper’s good fortunes and found each possibility quite interesting given the man of the cloth’s demeanour and mysterious personality

93. If Terence had some knowledge of government improprieties or illicit deals conducted by Lady Jane, he could certainly make enough trouble for the Ashburns and namely Argyle Aerospace to warrant his murder in lieu of forfeiting the exceedingly coveted, valuable contract that could only enhance the fortunes of those involved

94. “We had ancestors who made their fortunes, young one, back

95. glory! Remember the land of fortunes and glory

96. “The blessed island of fortunes

97. that land of enchanted fortunes