destine

Example Sentences

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Seated in front of the camera in a Newcastle shirt and surrounded by posters of his idols, including Beardsley, viewers might have felt he was destined to one day represent his boyhood club.

From BBC

I might learn everything there was to know about America’s history, but my own history was destined to stay a mystery forever.

From Literature

“We joke all the time that flowers were destined to make their way into my life,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Anderson's film, which depicts the hunt for former far-left revolutionaries by a white supremacist, seems destined for the best picture Oscar, having already secured numerous awards.

From Barron's

Vernice was “destined for more education and a husband who made his living sitting a chair”; Annie hoped “for factory work and a man who didn’t drink up his pay.”

From The Wall Street Journal