by happy chance

Example Sentences

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It would transpire that, by happy chance, the virus was maximally infective only when patients were at their most unwell and usually already in hospital.

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2013

And whether by happy chance or on some signal dropped down from him or because the chantey was a new one and the crew were glad to show it off, it was chosen.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

At last Sir Julian Byng had achieved surprise; at last there had been open fighting; if by happy chance we took Cambrai what might not happen?

From Fields of Victory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

She did not expect to hear from him after his desert journey had begun, except by happy chance.

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma

But right across their path, by happy chance, there flashed a brown streak ridden by a snowy powder-puff, the visible but evanescent sign for Cottontail Rabbit.

From Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted by Seton, Ernest Thompson