have fortune

Frequency: 7.210.5 per million words

To experience luck, often specified as good or bad.

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Examples (10)

  • I had the good fortune to meet her early in my career.
  • We have the bad fortune of launching during a strike.
  • He will have the good fortune to see his book published.
  • She has the ill fortune to live far from public transport.
  • They had the good fortune that the rain stopped just in time.
  • Not everyone has the good fortune to be born into a supportive family.
  • If you have the good fortune to travel widely, use it wisely.
  • I’ve had the good fortune of learning from generous mentors.
  • We happened to have the good fortune that our bid was accepted.
  • May you have the good fortune to find what you seek.