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.
• By coincidence, there is a chess opening called the Stafford Gambit.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• Spring Records’ entry into hip-hop was almost a coincidence.
  — Steve Knopper, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2022
• The intrigue: That Clark will speak in Dallas is no coincidence.
  — Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
• But like Lee, Fooshee said the coincidence of events on Jan. 24 may be notable.
  — oregonlive, 8 Feb. 2022
• That date, according to Vladimir Kara-Murza, was not a coincidence.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Jan. 2022
• The Chargers struggled against man coverage all season, and that is not a coincidence.
  — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
• But the selection of a relatively unknown athlete to light the flame couldn’t be a coincidence.
  — John Leicester, ajc, 5 Feb. 2022
• And a few days later, by coincidence, there was an annual film-industry market in London.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
• Considering that the last green moon supposedly happened 420 years ago as well, this doesn't appear to be a coincidence.
  — Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
• The date designated for the Holocaust Remembrance Day is no coincidence.
  — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• No coincidence that the timing of the bomb threats come this month, as parts of White America resist learning the full story of Black America.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
• And the date of the wedding, 11/11, was a lucky coincidence.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• As the adage goes, two is a coincidence, and three is a trend.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Of course a lot of that could be chalked up to just coincidence.
  — Gisele Grayson, NPR, 23 May 2024
• The hues of said knit—red, blue, and white—was no coincidence.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022
• See, the fact that the moon is the perfect size to cover up the face of the sun in the sky is a total coincidence.
  — Popsci Staff, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
• The man who filed the suit believes the timing isn't a coincidence.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
• So, are all the deaths around her a coincidence, or just bad luck?
  — Emma Steele, CBS News, 6 May 2022
• From the crosstown coincidences to the closing-soon, here are our top picks.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
• But the coincidence of the show’s timing with the invasion of Ukraine is just that.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2022
• If two is a coincidence, and three’s a pattern, then four is a cry for help.
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
• The timing of the Tigers’ trip to Israel, then, is no coincidence.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 9 May 2022
• And yet, by way of grim coincidence, the old and new get about the same observed gas mileage, in the neighborhood of 11-13 mpg.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 12 Feb 2025