How to Use fortunate in a Sentence

fortunate

adjective
Definition of fortunatenext
Synonyms for fortunatenext
  • How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!
  • We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.
  • Lauren, who was fortunate enough to snag the shirt, wears it all the time.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Those who weren’t so fortunate may well have opened the door, hoping to fill the holes in their lives.
    — Hiroko Yoda, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022
  • But other family members who live along the creek were not as fortunate.
    — Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2022
  • Your daughter and grandchildren are very fortunate to have you for the summer.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 27 July 2022
  • Although the story had a happy ending, police say the father and son are fortunate to be alive.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Not every automaker is fortunate enough to make it to 110.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Jenner, for those fortunate enough to not be keeping track, welcomed a son named Wolf this year, only to announce weeks later this would no longer be his name.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Pay your blessings forward by donating to a local toy drive, so less fortunate kids can also have a merry Christmas.
    — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Both Ashley and Peyton are passionate about helping the less fortunate.
    — Staff Author Published, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Any Angels ownership group would be fortunate to include Beane or Epstein, as the public face of the group.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The episode was particularly emotional, especially for the young women who weren’t fortunate enough to make the cut.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 27 July 2022
  • From the warm reminiscences of Wally Cleaver to those of us fortunate enough to know him personally — thank you Tony.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 July 2022
  • From the warm reminiscences of Wally Cleaver to those of us fortunate enough to know him personally - thank you Tony.
    — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022
  • The success of the Kelly era won’t be determined by this first game, which is fortunate, because there was little worth remembering about a debut that went up in smoke.
    — Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Once again, the Bucks are fortunate that isn’t the case.
    — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The Broncos have been fortunate that the defense has been one of the best in the league.
    — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The Browns were fortunate to be down only 13-10 at the half.
    — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
  • And only a fortunate few seem to be getting the best of it.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Perhaps the most fortunate among us are those for whom the two go hand in hand.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
  • But five of her friends, two of them hostages in Gaza and three of them dead, were less fortunate.
    — Roger Cohen Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • And those of us off campus are fortunate that’s the case.
    — Kara Milstein, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
    — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Eleven-year-old Aafreen from Haslam Park school, was one of the fortunate children to meet the King.
    — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
  • This is a fortunate aspect of the timing of the storm itself.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Athenian, a small school in Danville, also was on the fortunate side of the draw.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Old bench boss Jeff Blashill should have been so fortunate.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Cheryl, his daughter, Meghan, and everyone who was fortunate enough to call Jimmy family or friend.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Italian American restaurant chain Buca di Beppo wasn’t so fortunate, filing for bankruptcy protection the following month.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024

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