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.
• While the statues were curated for the shoot, the quote is pure coincidence — or, perhaps, fate.
  — EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
• The episode slots are not a coincidence, they are decided really early on.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2022
• Benjamin Gilmer stumbled onto the case through an eerie coincidence.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022
• This isn't mere luck or coincidence; Hermès follows principles that set it apart.
  — Julian Hayes Ii, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• The close timing of both openings may be pure coincidence, but for these churrascarias, the competition is welcome — and the steak knives are already out.
  — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022
• While this could certainly have been an unfortunate coincidence, Michaels says he had been warned by several psychics not to go up there that day.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 10 Aug. 2022
• Obviously, the timing of Davis’ comments is not a coincidence.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• Wardell is a frightening, if indistinct character, but his role hinges wholly on coincidence spanning a dozen years and half a continent.
  — Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022
• That uncanny synchronicity, the jolting coincidence of birth and death, changed Bloom’s life, and the trajectory of her work.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
• In a happy coincidence, the shelter had just set up a profile on the platform Tiltify, which allows nonprofits to receive donations from video streams, the week the game launched.
  — Thalia Beaty, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 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
• If two is a coincidence, and three’s a pattern, then four is a cry for help.
  — Vulture, 27 Jan. 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
• Hays didn’t feel like the buck’s daylight trek was a coincidence.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 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
• That transition is tricky, and the fact that the language metaphor breaks down there is not a coincidence.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
• The color, to be honest with you, that was a coincidence.
  — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024