How to Use fortuitous in a Sentence

fortuitous

adjective

• You could not have arrived at a more fortuitous time.
• His presence there was entirely fortuitous.
• The Padres took advantage of some fortuitous bounces in the top of the sixth.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 July 2017
• That rough night for him proved a fortuitous one for the Jazz, though.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2021
• For Healey, the choice of Hao couldn’t have been more fortuitous.
  — Shirley Leung, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
• Just in time, the tide turned, thanks to three fortuitous events.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Just after the 10-minute mark, Arjen Robben found the back of the net in the most fortuitous way.
  — SI.com, 16 Sep. 2017
• The next day, a fortuitous downpour extinguished the guns of the Nawab’s army.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
• To throw down a list from the hard-line wing of the White House at the last minute is not a very fortuitous or smart thing to do.
  — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 9 Jan. 2018
• There is a special dish, a fortuitous event and a plot twist.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 1 Aug. 2019
• That faith has led Thomas through a fortuitous career on the Plains.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 31 Dec. 2019
• Thanks to some fortuitous timing, golfers have to weigh in on the matter.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2017
• The pairing of the two friends as colleagues proved fortuitous.
  — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• Anaheim built the lead to 4-1 late in the period on a fortuitous bounce.
  — Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2021
• That is just the first of several fortuitous twists of fate.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2021
• And the fact that that one library in all of the USA happened to be 30 minutes away was just fortuitous.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2023
• That turned out to be fortuitous because Robinson didn’t play in the first eight games of the 2020 season.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2021
• About the owners: Chuck Pine had a fortuitous sense of timing.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Daily Southtown, 9 July 2018
• Just fortuitous timing not to give up a free ball, Heim said.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
• The fortuitous friendship is a product of chance and a wrong text number.
  — Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2020
• Short of a fortuitous gust of wind, the only way to pull it off is by putting an ample serving of spin on the ball.
  — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, 15 June 2018
• Salah's fortuitous pass found Andy Robertson on the left wing and the fullback cut the ball into the box for Mane to steer into the roof of the net.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 17 Oct. 2020
• Then, when the Cards needed fortuitous bounces the most, Virginia got them.
  — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2018
• The Oilers got that goal back with a somewhat fortuitous bounce on a strong shift from their top line.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2017
• If the timing is fortuitous, the promise of those young players is not.
  — New York Times, 2 July 2021
• The timing of the book’s release was fortuitous in that regard.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
• The answer for Trout Lake couldn’t arrive at a more fortuitous time.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2017
• At first, that had seemed like a fortuitous gift from one of the few nations with an abundance of vaccines.
  — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
• But meeting Little Feat was fortuitous and spurred three albums with them.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024
• Martinelli cut back onto his right foot and fired his shot against the post, but a fortuitous rebound hit Riznyk on the back and the helpless Shakhtar goalkeeper turned around to see the ball creep over the line.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025