Read full poem →Sweet eyes pass off me uninspired; yea, more,
The golden tide of opportunity
Flows wafting-in friendships and better,—I
Dictionary Entry
A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
In a Sentence
“The world is full of opportunities and it's up to me to see them and pursue them.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “opportunity”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →There were rows of seats set up on the stage for the graduating class. We
sat there and waited. The principal gave his speech about opportunity and
success in America. Then it was all over. The band struck up the Mt. Justin
Read full poem →Its reappearance, however, in an American edition, gives me a welcome
opportunity of acknowledging the courtesy and liberality of Messrs.
Roberts Brothers, who have arranged with me and with my kind friend and
Read full poem →I have not had an opportunity of seeing the 4tos. of 1598 or the 4to. of
1600. For the text of the Isham copy, I am indebted to the _Works of
Read full poem →Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life for Desolate and
My House by Claude McKay; Old Black Men by Georgia
Read full poem →And very women, loved to assist
Love’s timid opportunity.
Read full poem →Left all to me, his passive share
Consent and opportunity.
My chance, he hoped, was good: I’d won
Read full poem →And him desire a darker shroud;
How senseless opportunity
Gives baser men the better chance;
Read full poem →Of you and me more intimate,
Some unguess'd opportunity
Of nuptials in a new degree.
Read full poem →those who do not receive them as presents from others will seize the
opportunity of making presents to themselves.