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
Yet, while they were engaged in the search, by happy chance a wonderful concatenation of events in the pagan city of Athens determined the destiny of the nineteen-year-old ruler.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
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
The lady with him, evidently Mrs. Stump, was mated for him by happy chance.
From The Wheel O' Fortune by Tracy, Louis
If, by happy chance, he should prosper in the new country, he would send for wife and children.
From America First by Greene, Frances Nimmo
