fortunate

What it means

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

fortunate in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

• It's fortunate that the summer sales are on, isn't it?

  Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1

• But sometimes, by the deserving and the fortunate, even that task is accomplished.

  The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1

• The Quaker pilgrims of Pennsylvania, seeking the same object by different means, have not been equally fortunate.

  Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1

• My father prov'd himself a gentleman, Sold all 's land, and, like a fortunate fellow, Died ere the money was spent.

  The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1

• The settlement was at this time fortunate in having a most excellent academy, which was conducted by a very estimable man.

  Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1

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