fortune's wheel
Example Sentences
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This is the play's hub, and fortune's wheel is about to spin until Michael finds himself underneath it.
From The Guardian • May 26, 2012
The sudden turn of fortune's wheel came when a confident Marcos, who had never lost a vote in his life, called a snap election.
From Time Magazine Archive
With such inducement, more & more famous names have been grabbing an armful of records and sponsors, and going to work at fortune's wheel.
From Time Magazine Archive
But fortune’s wheel is seldom stationary long, and after she had completed the second canvas there seemed no further demand upon her energies.
From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills
A sudden turn of fortune's wheel had placed them on new ground.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
