How to Use destiny in a Sentence

destiny

noun
  • They believed it was their destiny to be together.
  • And the Avalanche is in control of its destiny — and the Golden Knights'.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
  • This cohort was the grit of the game — the desire to own your own destiny.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2024
  • Rarely does the pending sense of doom and destiny come to fruition.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Farewell, chance to control your own destiny in the Pac-12 South.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The win puts the Tigers (12-0) in control of their own destiny for the Kelley-Rex crown.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021
  • The short-term Treasuries are the thing to have if stagflation is our destiny.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The Razorbacks seemed like a team of destiny most of the season.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 15 June 2021
  • 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
  • There was no sense of destiny here, much less a moral arc or lesson.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • Time will tell, but DNA, not to mention destiny, are on his side.
    — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • 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
  • God truly blessed us with a love that feels like destiny.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Your destiny is to be popular and at the top of your career.
    — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • In regard to the latter, luck, destiny, and amulets have forever been part of the house of Dior.
    — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Nov. 2021
  • With three games to play, the Bengals control their destiny.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But proximity to Scotland played a role in the destiny of the North.
    — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
  • 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
  • Natasha Liu Bordizzo’s road to the big screen feels like destiny.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Control marked the arrival of a brand-new Janet—one in control of her own destiny.
    — Blake Ryan, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2021
  • In a sense, Fulham control their own destiny, making the odds of 22/1 quite tempting.
    — Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Newcastle stands eight games away from achieving what most fans would have called a dream season back in August, with its destiny in its own hands and two more huge home matches to prepare for.
    — Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025

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