How to Use fortune in a Sentence

fortune

noun

• He hoped to achieve fame and fortune.
• The book follows the fortunes of two families through the years.
• They had the good fortune to escape injury when their car crashed.
• That's quite a twist of luck there, a change of fortune.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
• Pandya promised to turn the brand’s fortunes around and open new stores.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• One of the first things Sargsyan did with his new fortune was buy a Rolex.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Phillies spent a fortune on him before the 2023 season.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Kevin O’Connell’s fortunes in close games have done a 180.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Zoltar beckons you, for a small fee, to try for a new fortune.
  — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Even a win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night wasn’t enough to change the sense of the team’s fortunes.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• Jenner twists the top cookie from the rest of the Oreo and looks inside as if reading a fortune.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2024
• The go-go ’80s lifted the art market and Wall Street, and the rising fortunes of both lifted Raoul’s.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Cartier hoped the fish would make his fortune and needed the flowers, or at least the tree bark, to save his life.
  — Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
• The best outdoor sauna for your family doesn’t have to cost a fortune.
  — Addie Morton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2023
• Hinch said the move was made with an eye toward changing Wentz’s fortunes.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 11 June 2023
• The gilded world of Felix and his acolytes seems unattainable, but then fortune smiles.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
• Same for the fruit to set at my grandpa and grandma’s altar, as well as the joss paper to burn for their good fortune.
  — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• To this cause, each signer pledged his life, fortune and honor.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 4 July 2023
• Those benefits from the IRA, though, are just a small chunk of the many ways Musk’s fortune is premised on public money.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2023
• Either way, you’ll be shielded from the sun in style and without having spent a fortune to do so.
  — Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
• However, the pressure is squarely on Wilson to turn his – and the team’s – fortunes around.
  — oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2023
• Changing fortunes — and the narrative — will demand more than a spot weld here and there.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
• Their fortunes changed when a group of young officers ousted the last Imam in 1962 and formed a republic.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• The losses are a stunning reversal in fortunes for the two entrepreneurs.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
• That kind of fandom could be fruitful for the film’s fortunes moving forward.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 26 Aug. 2023
• In the play, Falstaff attempts to woo two married women in a clumsy bid to steal their fortunes.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• The grandson of a billionaire oil tycoon, Davis is an heir to a massive fortune.
  — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• And, in a surprise twist that could bode well for their postseason fortunes, the Dodgers didn’t run out of pitching either.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• That news led the Adani Group’s stock to rebound mightily, and the founder has seen his fortune rise by $13.3 billion, the largest wealth gain of anyone this year (so far).
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2024
• Far more is at stake in their plight than their own fortunes and reputations.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024