soldier of fortune

Example Sentences

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In 2003, a soldier of fortune pursues enigmatic gambler Stanley Glass through ersatz Venetian canals of Las Vegas, only to stumble upon a curious book titled “The Mirror Thief.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2021

But unlike McGee, an Army veteran, Stroby’s hard-bitten hero was once a soldier of fortune with a more flexible code of ethics.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2018

Also, seeking the Republican Senate nomination were self-described soldier of fortune Thomas Bleming of Lusk, oil company worker Arthur Bruce Clifton of Cheyenne and James Gregory of Jackson.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2014

Instead, we are left only with this representative Englishman who’s a boastful and obnoxious soldier of fortune.

From Washington Post • Jan. 19, 2012

But I never yet saw a bookworm that did not pale his fires before a soldier of fortune, nor a scholar that did not follow the courtier and the ruffler with eyes of envy.

From My Lady Rotha A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.