Collocations for destiny - noun
ADJECTIVE
your own
He wanted to take control of his own destiny.
He wanted to take control of his own destiny.
manifest
human
true
He came to Paris and found his true destiny as a poet.
human
true
He came to Paris and found his true destiny as a poet.
economic,
political
ultimate
I believe that only God knows what our ultimate destinies are.
ultimate
I believe that only God knows what our ultimate destinies are.
VERB + destiny
face,
meet
The time was right for him to meet his destiny.
The time was right for him to meet his destiny.
fulfil/fulfill
She felt that she had fulfilled her destiny.
She felt that she had fulfilled her destiny.
accept
There's not much you can do but accept your destiny.
There's not much you can do but accept your destiny.
avoid,
escape
No man can escape his destiny.
No man can escape his destiny.
control
Can we control our own destiny?
Can we control our own destiny?
find
She had to find her destiny on her own.
She had to find her destiny on her own.
alter,
change
It was a decision which could have changed my destiny.
It was a decision which could have changed my destiny.
decide,
determine,
shape
Something was about to happen that would shape her destiny.
Something was about to happen that would shape her destiny.
destiny + VERB
await sb,
lie
the destiny that awaited him
Her destiny lay in that city.
the destiny that awaited him
Her destiny lay in that city.
PHRASES
be in control of your own destiny,
be master of your own destiny
She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own destiny.
She set up her own business because she wanted to be in control of her own destiny.
a sense of destiny
He was driven on by a strong sense of destiny.
He was driven on by a strong sense of destiny.