happenstance

Example Sentences

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It wasn’t Hollywood, exactly, but a recent happenstance just might sustain me for whatever lies ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

The initial Metro Bashers came to their hobby independently, meeting through happenstance and their shared love of the rail network.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

I came to love fennel by way of happenstance; it wasn't love at first bite.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

Other scientists must then replicate those results, proving that the first results weren’t happenstance.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2024

Was it no more than happenstance that she had ended up at Ashton Place, governess to the Incorrigibles?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood