How to Use destiny in a Sentence

destiny

noun
  • They believed it was their destiny to be together.
  • Do team owners increasingly take charge of their own destiny?
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Unlike last year's draft, the Detroit Pistons aren't in control of their destiny.
    Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2022
  • By the end of that performance, Parker is convinced this young white rockabilly singer is his destiny.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2022
  • Seehorn, of course, won’t entertain guesses about her character’s destiny.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 June 2022
  • Having placed her and Kelly’s fate in Gary’s hands for so long, Joan is now determined to control her destiny.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Political destiny Statewide, this year's predictions for the state remain close.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Some of our fellow citizens do not believe that America can deny the obligation of directing world destiny.
    Charles Austin Beard, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • Greene was in fact a Black woman and the daughter of a famous Black activist, passing as white to experience freedom and control her own destiny.
    The Editors, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
  • Now resentful of Rome and his mother, Lucius enters the Colosseum to get revenge and fulfill his destiny.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Even with the heaviest of tasks still before him, bettors envision the Colorado Avalanche center as the most obvious choice to fulfill his destiny.
    Lance Pugmire, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022
  • Many quietly feel that Israel might even provide the impetus for throwing off the Hezbollah/Iran yoke that has frozen the country’s destiny for decades.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Now, Foster is not just an astrophysicist anymore, but rather, fulfilled her comics destiny by transforming into the Mighty Thor.
    Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022
  • This cohort was the grit of the game — the desire to own your own destiny.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • Be the master of your destiny and decide what’s best for you.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Scott Snyder wants to be the captain of his own destiny.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • To a place where her choice and her destiny begin to overlap.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • Don’t be upset when there’s a detour on the way to your destiny.
    Rabbi Dovid Vigler, Sun Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2022
  • With the win, the Bengals control their own destiny again.
    Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The Longhorns dropped out of the top 25 and no longer control their own destiny in the Big 12 Championship race.
    Dallas News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The candidate seems to be basking in a sense of destiny.
    Time, 14 June 2023
  • For centuries, the stone of destiny, also known as the Stone of Scone was used to crown Scottish kings.
    Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
  • Because Emirates has so many A380s, the destiny of the plane will largely rest in its hands.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • The whole pitiful saga does have the ring of destiny calling at last, with nothing but kind words.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • An 80-year-old-and-counting judge with a strong sense of destiny will be watching.
    Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • This three-game series in Toronto present a chance for the Rangers to control their own destiny.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • King always said we are connected and tied to the same destiny.
    Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
  • By the end of the book, Enid Coleslaw’s destiny is unclear, but she’s equipped with all the wisdom and love her creator has to offer.
    Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But Augustin landed the role through the charmed stroke of serendipity and destiny.
    Yolanda Baruch, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Learning that the door of destiny is a narrow one and not everyone can come with you.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023

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