How to Use fortuitous in a Sentence

fortuitous

adjective
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  • You could not have arrived at a more fortuitous time.
  • His presence there was entirely fortuitous.
  • On top of that, the Orange are a fortuitous opponent to draw for this scenario.
    — Alex Hickey, ajc, 21 Sep. 2017
  • 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 fine weather was fortuitous, as pictures showed Kim made the arduous trek up the mountain in dress slacks and shiny leather shoes.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The effect on the real economy may be more sanguine, and in that sense the Fed’s timing is fortuitous.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Soon after, Greer has a fortuitous encounter with a famous feminist who later takes her under her wing and gives her a job as a speechwriter.
    — Time, 21 Dec. 2017
  • This has been a fortuitous -- but not intentional -- result, Saban insists.
    — Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Juventus then scored a fortuitous second through Mandžukić, although the Croatian striker didn't know too much about it.
    — SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • In that fortuitous sequence of just over two minutes (plus 88), the highest hopes for this season might have been saved and the direction of a program might have been spared from another letdown.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • That problem stumped Jacobs-Lorena for years, until one of his team members, Sibao Wang, made a fortuitous discovery.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Her name would change again over the course of two later marriages, first to Peeples and then Peeples-Bright, a fittingly fortuitous moniker for such an irrepressibly sunny person.
    — Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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 | [email protected], 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 | [email protected], 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
  • With luck, the garden said, the second plant might open Monday evening, in what seemed a fortuitous coincidence.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 July 2024

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