kismet

Example Sentences

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“I didn’t realize how much I needed Chief until I joined. It was kind of kismet.”

From New York Times

It was, perhaps, kismet: Magnuson was chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, which was writing the public accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

From Seattle Times

But it also expertly reconstructs the political, racial, and economic tensions that had been broiling in Los Angeles for decades and finally flamed up on April 29, 1992, in what Anderson described as “tragic kismet.”

From Los Angeles Times

His return to his Seattle base further has created a bit of kismet for the Garfield basketball program this season.

From Seattle Times

From what I could tell, the internet was where kismet went to die.

From New York Times