How to Use with (any) luck in a Sentence
with (any) luck
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But Allen’s first big break had as much to do with luck as all of his homework.
— Melinda Newman, Billboard, 23 June 2022 -
The third plant, with any luck, will produce for the dinner table.
— Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 19 Feb. 2021 -
But whether that company's worth $1B or $10B, that's got a lot more to do with luck.
— Diana Tsai, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021 -
But with luck and patience, Minnesotans might see it right here this month.
— Kelly Smith, Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021 -
Then, with luck, an Elite Eight, a Final Four, or even, ahem, a championship.
— Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023 -
The new tags are solar-powered, are less obtrusive and, with luck, should last a year or more.
— Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024 -
There was some up front and, with luck, more on the back end: a share of the box office; a cut of the DVD or broadcast rights; a higher budget next time around.
— A.o. Scott, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023 -
Once-rigid standards of the sizes and shapes, the colors and contours of what make a person beautiful have crumbled — for good, with any luck.
— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 15 Sep. 2021 -
But with any luck, and a little due diligence, your trips will be free of hitches and full of Insta-worthy good times.
— Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 25 May 2023 -
Which, for me, has been, and with any luck will continue to be, the golden oxymoron of the American experiment.
— Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 10 Feb. 2023 -
What could box office success for either Barbie or Oppenheimer—or, with luck, both—mean for the future of movies?
— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 July 2023 -
An optimistic reading of the king’s famous motto — après moi le déluge — refers to what will be, with any luck, a deluge of terrific films.
— Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023 -
In fact, while some of the city’s current surplus can be credited to careful planning and preparation, a lot of it also had to do with luck, Gold said.
— Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024 -
Even with luck on his side, Purdy still tossed an interception against Detroit.
— Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024 -
One non-negotiable, whichever white button-down shirt gets pulled from the mix: a good stain remover, and, with any luck, a suitcase with just enough room to bring another home with me.
— Rebekah Peppler, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2023 -
Trees can’t heal quite the way animals do, but with luck, this damage will remain minor and not cause significant dieback.
— Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Eventually, children do leave and move on to experience a life of freedom—and, with luck, so do their parents.
— The New Yorker, 11 May 2022 -
Future observations also aim to show exactly how the black hole eats infalling matter and, with luck, make movies of the black hole evolving over time.
— Seth Fletcher, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022 -
Future observations also aim to show exactly how the black hole eats infalling matter, and, with luck, make movies of the black hole evolving over time.
— Seth Fletcher, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2022 -
But with any luck, the reputational damage will be severe.
— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023 -
You're emotionally uplifted by a sense of soul satisfaction as the moon aligns with luck planet Jupiter.
— USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024 -
But authors have to pay a fee, often hundreds of dollars for a single image, to reproduce them in a work that will be read by, with luck, ten or twenty thousand people.
— Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 -
These faces in the crowd gave noteworthy performances that brought them a little closer to broader familiarity and, with luck, more good roles.
— Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022 -
As the moon aligns with luck planet Jupiter, fortunate connections and conversations open doors.
— USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023 -
And with luck, fourth-generation Kevin Brutocao, who was in the vineyard with his father from early days, will be pouring and willing to spill family tales.
— Sara Schneider, SFChronicle.com, 10 Aug. 2020 -
He’s been a serviceable double-digit scoring guy during his seven years in the league and, with any luck, can become next season’s version of Lonnie Walker IV.
— Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023 -
What’s been worse: Discovering this isn’t a one-time interruption that might resolve quickly—with luck, while your child could still benefit.
— WIRED, 11 Jan. 2023 -
While the camaradas felled trees for a skidway, cleared brush and hauled the canoes from the river, Rondon and his favorite dog, Lobo, headed down a jungle path to do reconnaissance and, with any luck, shoot a game bird or a monkey for meat.
— Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023 -
Snorkelling and scuba diving with tropical fish in the clear water are popular activities in the summer – those with luck may even encounter turtles, manta rays, or even sharks.
— Tokyo Halfie, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2023 -
If that message in a bottle were finally picked up, after bobbing and drifting through the galactic ocean for millions or billions of years, someone would know that Earthlings did exist—or, with luck, still do.
— National Geographic, 10 Sep. 2020
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