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

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

Dame Fortune soon began to smile upon me.

From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

Dame Fortune may give luck for a run; but he who can afford to lose longest will outrun her in the end.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne

For men like himself who would do and dare Dame Fortune had much in store.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean