fortunately
Example Sentences
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"We are aware that a number of private properties have been affected, but fortunately they were unoccupied at the time," said Cyngor Gwynedd.
From BBC
But fortunately, I’ve been very interested in two new themes that are going to be sure to produce blockbusters, which is memory and regret.
From Los Angeles Times
I would have leaped to collaborate with her on any project, but fortunately nuclear Armageddon is also a preoccupation of mine.
From Los Angeles Times
These weren’t merely negative perceptions or ugly stereotypes, and fortunately these groups were willing to face reality.
The author relates her principal story, of the two sisters, in the present tense, while keeping historical context in the past—an idiosyncratic choice that, fortunately, doesn’t derail the book’s narrative momentum.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
