How to Use serendipity in a Sentence

serendipity

noun
  • They found each other by pure serendipity.
  • His work still evokes the dreaminess and serendipity of a stroll through the streets.
    Miguel Morales, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Through a bit of serendipity, I was asked to give my take.
    Michael Smolens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • But, as with many things about this project, serendipity seemed to have a hand in it.
    Andy Gensler, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2017
  • If a book can change your life, why leave that to serendipity?
    David G. Allan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Plus a welcome streak of serendipity that buoyed the Orioles almost to the end.
    Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • For most of his life, he has been blessed with good fortune, tinged with a bit of serendipity.
    Marice Richter, star-telegram, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The duo also chalk up a lot of their success to serendipity.
    Chris O'Connell, Chron, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The answer, as these things so often do, came in a bit of serendipity.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • But the two-year trend argues there's more than serendipity at work.
    Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • Of course, savvy diners don't have to wait for serendipity.
    Samantha Nelson, RedEye Chicago, 12 June 2017
  • It’s this kind of synergy and serendipity that make cities fun to live in.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The wheel of fortune is blessing you with a day of pleasure and serendipity.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2020
  • For Messina, such was the serendipity of a coaching life.
    Harvey Araton, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2016
  • But that kind of serendipity is just life for the Dutch designer.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2018
  • That a Yank would come along decades later to buy the house felt like serendipity to the family.
    Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2020
  • But Augustin landed the role through the charmed stroke of serendipity and destiny.
    Yolanda Baruch, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In a twist of serendipity usually saved for the movies, Grace’s parents were able to be on set the day of rehearsals for the number.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 9 June 2021
  • That Hodges ended up on this stage is at its core a story of serendipity.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • There is a lot of hard work but also a little serendipity.
    Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 July 2022
  • The making of Cha Cha, too, relied on a certain amount of serendipity.
    Dallas News, 16 June 2022
  • The Dress seemed like a fluke, a one-off moment of miraculous serendipity.
    Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 18 May 2018
  • There is a certain amount of serendipity involved in the cap spike arriving just at the right time.
    Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 3 Aug. 2017
  • The serendipity of the exhibit’s timing isn’t lost on Carr.
    Samantha Bakall, OregonLive.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Kearns, the Rady chief executive, said that serendipity played a big role in this case.
    Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • It’s this serendipity that keeps the city abuzz and keeps travelers coming back for more.
    Sara Clemence, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
  • Adding to the serendipity, Flores was wearing a Bregman jersey at the time.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Life has a way of bringing serendipity back into one’s life.
    Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • During your time off, your only job is to make room for serendipity.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 9 Sep. 2021
  • There’s none of the hallway serendipity, nor the togetherness of the lunch table.
    Arianne Cohen, Bloomberg.com, 31 Aug. 2020

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