happenstance
Example Sentences
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It wasn’t Hollywood, exactly, but a recent happenstance just might sustain me for whatever lies ahead.
Many of Burns’ works do, purely by happenstance.
From Salon
Newsom possessed the air of a politician running for president at the boisterous rally, a possibility the California governor says he is considering — and the location he chose was not happenstance.
From Los Angeles Times
Michelle is fluent in the perky command, the passive voice, the slippery non-apology, the kind of language that frames cruelty as blameless happenstance.
From Los Angeles Times
And that’s pretty much how my life has been, all just happenstance.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
