fortuneteller

Example Sentences

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The fortuneteller was right, though it would take multiple championships—never mind three terms as Italy’s prime minister—for any ill wind to catch up with him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 12, 2025

Mei and Shing casually dismiss Angie’s insistence that Pat wanted to have her ashes scattered at sea, instead heeding the advice of their fortuneteller, arranging for a traditional ritual and internment in a columbarium.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

Here, Frances Adams is told by a fortuneteller that she will lose her life at the hands of another.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

The Area 51 Alien Center in Amargosa offers alien dolls and T-shirts, an alien autopsy ice freezer and alien fortuneteller.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

And she’s dressed like a fortuneteller, with a glittery purple scarf around her neck and a yellow river of a dress with a red sash.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson