On what extraordinary circumstances the fortunes of men frequently depend!

Why, Mary, your fortune depends upon the issue of this search.

It concerned his relationship to the gods; perhaps the entire fortune of the voyage depended on these next few minutes.

For years, Jordan's fortunes have depended on those of the Arab world.

"It is a thing of the highest interest, and upon which our future fortune perhaps depends."

Party leaders, though, closed ranks around him, aware that their fortunes in next year's parliamentary elections now depend on his success.

In the 16th century, the city's fortunes depended on those of the university.

Everyone was racing toward the drawbridge as if his fortune depended on being the first inside.

However, good fortune and ill fortune also depend on man himself.

The comments of various players whose fortunes depend on Nielsen's numbers add zest to the hour.