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

"I thank Dame Fortune that you have come now," said he.

From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur

"Let Dame Fortune only deal me trumps," said I, "and I'll promise never 'to look into my neighbor's hand.'"

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

Rogers raved at Addicks and especially at Whitney, but he was too old a student of men, and the monkeys Dame Fortune makes of them, to sulk over the facts he could not remedy.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

The two young men looked at each other in silence, startled by the coincidence, and wondering whether at last Dame Fortune was about to smile upon them.

From A Modern Wizard by Ottolengui, Rodrigues