How to Use serendipity in a Sentence
serendipity
noun- They found each other by pure serendipity.
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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 -
And then the final moment of serendipity in the best 48 hours of the Kinghams’ lives: The Texas flight waited.
— Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 1 May 2018 -
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 -
The story of how that came about is rich with humor and serendipity.
— Robert Leonard, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
In a spark of serendipity, the seller of the chairs happened to be one of Katelyn’s former clients.
— Isabel Slone, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2024 -
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 -
Science advances best through serendipity—a process whereby the search for one thing leads to the discovery of something else.
— Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2023
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