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

Little did hard-working Widow Moore realize when Dame Fortune was good to her!

From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark

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

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

How treacherous Dame Fortune cast on Simplicissimus a friendly glance Chap. xxii.:

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von