Dame Fortune
Example Sentences
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“What happened? Dame Fortune frowned. Intel must be well-positioned and ready when Dame Fortune smiles again.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023
And since Dame Fortune looked upon him with a frowning countenance, there was none to welcome him with a smiling face.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
Dame Fortune, I think, has our standards forsaken, For Tobago, they say, by Frenchmen is taken; Minorca's besieg'd—and as for Gibraltar, By Jove, if it's taken I'll take to the halter.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
The young man who is ambitious, upon whom Dame Fortune is already turning a dawning smile, should pause and think about this matter.
From The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms by Cone, John A.
There are others with whom Dame Fortune plays many an exciting game, and to these adventure becomes as the very breath of life.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
