fortuneless
Example Sentences
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Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Perhaps in her heart of hearts she rejoiced at getting Mary engaged, even to so humble a suitor as fortuneless John Hammond.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
She knew that Lesbia had loved her fortuneless suitor; and she did not know that the wound was cured, even by a season in the little-great world of Cannes.
From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
He may not have returned either so fortuneless or friendless.
From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Mayne Reid
The former this brother," M. d'A. says, "had not energy of character to undertake in the desperate manner in which he risked it himself, friendless and fortuneless, to live in exile as he could.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney
