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

During the great week of the Fiesta he had tried everything from roulette to monte, but fortune's wheel had turned steadily against him.

From When Dreams Come True by Berger, William Merritt

By a sudden turn in fortune's wheel his lot was cast in Central Illinois, where his first vocation was that of teacher of a village school.

From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)