Dame Fortune

Example Sentences

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“What happened? Dame Fortune frowned. Intel must be well-positioned and ready when Dame Fortune smiles again.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Dame Fortune plays me many a prank— When she is kind, oh! how I go it!

From Hoosier Lyrics by Field, Eugene

Dame Fortune soon began to smile upon me.

From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

For men like himself who would do and dare Dame Fortune had much in store.

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean

"Let Dame Fortune only deal me trumps," said I, "and I'll promise never 'to look into my neighbor's hand.'"

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James