fall to the lot

Example Sentences

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“We spent three years of happiness, greater and more unalloyed than I have ever known fall to the lot of others,” he wrote in his pocket diary two days after his wife’s death.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2018

The moments passed rapidly; moments of delight which rarely fall to the lot of the wolfish trail dog.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

"But Miss Vavasour will have some day to suffer whatever pangs are supposed to fall to the lot of the deserted fair; then she will repent of her fascinations."

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

John Stow failed to make much money, but on the whole, he lived a peaceful life, enjoying the many pleasures that fall to the lot of the student.

From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William

And the next one had to fall to the lot of Tom.

From Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country by Rathborne, St. George