How to Use destine in a Sentence

destine

verb
  • But she felt destined for more.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 May 2026
  • So is it destined for the big screen?
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Are we all destined to write and speak alike?
    — Gayle Rogers, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
  • You are destined for greater things.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That doesn’t seem destined to change.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Maybe Perez is washed, or destined to get hurt again.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • These are destined to be my new go-to summer jeans.
    — Eva Thomas, InStyle, 23 May 2026
  • Or maybe it was just destined for this finish.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Life is destined to divide them and maybe that’s fine.
    — Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Matos hit a line drive that appeared destined for right field.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025
  • Jim Rivera hit a line drive that seemed destined for a base hit.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 8 June 2018
  • Seixas looks almost destined to end that long, painful wait.
    — Ali Rampling, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Maybe they’re destined to be the best of friends and nothing more.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Some books feel destined to be optioned.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
  • But that doesn't mean the pumpkin pie is destined for the trash bin.
    — Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Humans are destined for the stars—right?
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 1 May 2026
  • Breakups at this time are just a hint that you are destined to be better.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • Listen now to hear more about this month’s bake that is destined to wow!
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
  • It feels destined for cult status.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Zayn is destined to be a true heel at least for a little while.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • This meant Abbey was destined to have cancer at a young age.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In any event, this case seems destined for the Supreme Court.
    — Ilya Shapiro, WSJ, 18 June 2018
  • Even at the time, those close to the couple knew they were destined for long-term love.
    — Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
  • Right now the site’s sale includes at least a few you’re destined to fall in love with.
    — Jake Smith, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Right now the site’s sale includes at least a few you’re destined to fall in love with.
    — Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2023
  • One wrong foothold, one bobble, one slip, and he is destined to fall for a while.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Most of us were destined to enjoy the forest from our cars.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 22 Oct. 2025
  • All things that were cool, given just a decade or two, are destined to be cool once again.
    — Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • With a name like Yia Vang, he was destined to work in kitchens.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Bon Appétit, 22 Apr. 2020
  • This was the movie we were destined to make together.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025

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