6 sentences with 'fortunate'
Example sentences and phrases with the word fortunate and other words derived from it.
• « The fortunate opportunity arose as a result of the unusual friendship he had struck up with John Burroughs, writer, poet, disciple of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson and, at 76, the Methuselah of American naturalists. »
• « The fortunate and virtuous person, however, would see his heart balanced against the ideal of order and the soul would be rewarded with eternal life. Otherwise, his heart would be thrown to a crocodile-headed demon and devoured, the soul perishing in the process. »
• « Some very fortunate slaves who were educated ran businesses or served as bureaucrats, teachers or accountants. »
• « Thus, priests in training who were fortunate enough to attend one of the best cathedral schools acquired a strong command of classical Latin and were aware of the high intellectual standards that had flourished in Rome's glory days. »
• « Moreover, Britain had abundant coal deposits concentrated in the north of England. In a very fortunate coincidence for British industry, the north of England in the 18th century was the heart of the existing British textile industry, which became the key commercial force in the early period of industrialisation. »