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
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
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
Hardly less bewildering than this turn of fortune’s wheel was the whirligig that promoted a poor trooper of the Company to the position of accepted suitor for the hand of a royal maiden.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis
And by one turn, as it seemed, of fortune’s wheel, all this was changed.
From The Intriguers by Le Queux, William
