How to use "fortunate" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "fortunate" in popular movie and book plots

  • Call it a fortunate event, but Tanaya received a proposal.  - Salaam, Paris
  • The ultimate prize is the top category, called Amaranth, which offers true immortality to the fortunate few.  - To Live Forever (novel)
  • Janet's family now realize how fortunate they are to have her.  - Family Troubles
  • They feel fortunate to have spent time with a little girl who changed their lives for the better.  - Savannah Smiles
  • They also find that the tome was actually divided into two halves, which provides them a fortunate chance to save Earth.  - Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld
  • He made her focus her efforts to helping the less fortunate and start a school for unfortunate blind children.  - Lydia (film)
  • The fortunate owner of Bond’s Bank, Mike finds himself in a bit of trouble when he takes over the sinking ship after his uncle.  - Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
  • Less fortunate than Vorenus, they cannot live solely on the money Caesar has given them, and they want land in Italy.  - The Spoils (Rome)
  • Trollope suggests that she is fortunate not to have suffered more by trying to defy social convention.  - Can You Forgive Her?
  • Race reveals that he himself is the fortunate next of kin.  - The Man in the Brown Suit
  • A courtier remarks that it is fortunate that it was not a spider, whose venom can be deadly at this time of year.  - A Legend of Old Egypt
  • "He was fortunate therefore that in the short fierce era between 1939 and 1945 he had met people who had summoned forth his deeper talents".  - Schindler's Ark
  • On an empty stage the chorus repeat the common Greek maxim, that no man should be considered fortunate until he is dead.  - Oedipus Rex
  • Most of the Deltas become respectable professionals, while their adversaries suffer less fortunate outcomes.  - Animal House
  • ) This noble vessel was preserved, with all its crew, by a most fortunate thought.  - Gentlemen, Be Seated!
  • He is allowed to tag along, which turns out to be very fortunate for Harvey.  - Between Planets

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