How to Use coincidence in a Sentence

coincidence

noun

• It was no coincidence that he quit his job at the bank a day after the robbery.
• By a fortunate coincidence, we arrived at the theater at the same time.
• By coincidence, every man in the room was named Fred.
• It was mere coincidence that brought them together so far from Chicago.
• Scientists have no explanation for the coincidence of these phenomena.
• And the date of the wedding, 11/11, was a lucky coincidence.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• The timing of the fire turned out to be no coincidence.
  — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• Phil, the quieter of the pair, chalks it up to pure coincidence.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2023
• The man who filed the suit believes the timing isn't a coincidence.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
• So how much of this is coincidence and how much of it is inspired by Swift?
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
• The mass grave and the presence of the bubonic plague, amazingly, may have just been a coincidence.
  — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
• By coincidence, their 1981 concert was at the same venue (then known as the San Diego Sports Arena).
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2024
• The timing of its release may not have been a coincidence.
  — Ana Swanson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• In a bit of coincidence the company colours are bronze and a steel bicolour both of which are very ‘70’s.
  — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Sun Ra insists that there is no such thing as a coincidence.
  — Cauleen Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
• The timing isn’t a coincidence for Brown, a three-sport athlete who wants to play football at the next level.
  — Bobby Narang, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• And so, the question is: If somebody chops down a tree and their house burns down, well, those two weird things happened on the same day, is that a coincidence?
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
• This wasn’t a coincidence, as the event was carried live by five channels in Ohtani’s home country.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• In an odd coincidence, one of the winning numbers matched the Powerball in the $2.04 billion drawing.
  — Jennifer Sangalang, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023
• And the cute coincidences didn't stop there — Lola explained that Taylor seemed to give her and Jenny a little shout-out at the end.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 29 June 2023
• The scene ends with a large explosion, which surely can't be a coincidence.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2023
• Two such films are, by coincidence, showing on the big screen in Houston this weekend.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 9 Feb. 2023
• Her name’s Alma, the dog, just like mine, which was a wonderful coincidence.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
• That these events took place in this specific mall was no coincidence.
  — Michael Nordine, Variety, 20 Mar. 2024
• This is no coincidence, comrade, as the Soviets used to say.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2023
• The tune makes its debut at No. 49, coming close to settling at No. 50, which would have been a wonderful bit of coincidence.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
• But whether or not Josie’s fall was the result of dark magic, or just a coincidence, a curse on Asher Seigel would be redundant.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
• The decision to base the hotel opposite the quays in Kowloon, and not on Hong Kong Island itself, was no coincidence.
  — Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• That the final sentences in the men’s long legal fights arrived on the same day more than five years after the #MeToo hashtag went viral may just be a coincidence.
  — Kinsey Crowley, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
• For many people, though, there’s much more behind it than just a funny coincidence.
  — Francesca Murdaca, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024