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

"That is a sudden turn of fortune's wheel in Count Victor's favor," remarked the upper-engineer.

From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

I had been, as you know, under fortune's wheel, season after season, in the ice-bound winter, in the scorching sun of summer; sometimes in doubt in which I suffered most.

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg