noun
destiny
CEFR B2
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
In a sentence
Six example sentences with destiny, each labelled with its topic.
The prophecy tells the shepherd his destiny plainly, and every step he takes to escape it brings the day closer.
Literature
The oracle scene works because the audience already knows the sailor's destiny and watches him walk toward it anyway.
Movies
If every atom follows fixed laws, some Stoics argued, then destiny is simply the future the present has already settled.
Philosophy
Scouts spoke of the seven-footer's destiny as if the championship were already scheduled, and he believed them.
Basketball
Nineteenth-century politicians spoke of the nation's destiny to reach the Pacific, as though the map had already been drawn.
History
The game tells the farm boy his destiny in the first ten minutes, then spends forty hours making him earn it.
Gaming
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