Examples of destiny in a Sentence
They believed it was their destiny to be together.
motivated by a sense of destiny
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Suddenly destinies ceased to be a matter of personal control.
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Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
This person is not a billionaire entrepreneur, but rather an inventor who shaped the economic destiny of an entire nation: Toyoda Sakichi.
—Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
There's some divine destiny, fate, something going on that brings them together.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 22 July 2025
To believe in Justin Bieber is to believe in the mythology of greatness; to root for his success is to root for a once-in-a-generation talent fulfilling his destiny.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
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Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
This person is not a billionaire entrepreneur, but rather an inventor who shaped the economic destiny of an entire nation: Toyoda Sakichi.
—Davide Sartini, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
There's some divine destiny, fate, something going on that brings them together.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 22 July 2025
To believe in Justin Bieber is to believe in the mythology of greatness; to root for his success is to root for a once-in-a-generation talent fulfilling his destiny.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for destiny
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“Destiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destiny. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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destiny
noun
des·ti·ny
ˈdes-tə-nē 
plural destinies
1
: something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune
2
: the course of events held to be arranged by a superhuman power
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