fortune - use in sentences

Possessives

  • uncle: As they both stand to share their uncle's fortune, Tony wonders if the bottle's poisoned.
  • father: He leaves home with his share of his father's fortune, which he quickly squanders.

Converse of object

  • amass: During the course of his life he amassed a very large fortune.
  • inherit: I was the eldest son and looked forward to inheriting a large fortune.
  • fluctuate: The various events have had fluctuating fortunes over the years with the West of England leading the way with its consistently high entry.
  • rebound: Over the next rebounding fortunes the most all of.
  • revive: It is part of an attempt to revive the fortunes of central Birmingham.
  • spend: There is no need to spend a fortune on a Spanish property!

Adjective modifier

  • mixed: Bristol's football teams enjoyed mixed fortunes over the weekend.
  • outrageous: For anyone, I suspect, they are not the " slings and arrows of outrageous fortune " that do the worst damage.
  • flagging: With the release of new single ' Drowning ' they will be hoping to revive their recently flagging fortunes.
  • good: Maybe the good fortune to have someone with you at the end?
  • immense: If you like, my father would give you the half of his immense fortune without your marrying me.
  • absolute: If that was to be the case someone would make an absolute fortune over there in Manchester.

Modifies a noun

  • teller: Meanwhile their mother tries to make sense of it all through a fortune teller.
  • companiesthe: Home and auto there is of a brush by as fortune companiesthe.
  • cookie: Link: Fortune cookies Horoscope Are you a rat, a snake or a rabbit?
  • hunter: Was it the fortune hunter, the gambler, the servant, or the rogue?

Noun used with modifier

  • Gypsy: Estrella, ( O'Hara ), a gypsy fortune teller at a carnival, transforms her clients into zombies by throwing acid on them.
  • family: At his death at an early age of 41 in 1904, the family fortune had grown to £ 92,000.

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