fortunately

Example Sentences

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“I fortunately escaped without a wound, though the right wing where I stood was exposed to and received all the enemy’s fire,” he wrote after a 1754 skirmish with the French.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Per usual they locked up the crowd’s phones to see his show but fortunately there were plenty of actual cameras capturing what went on so hopefully you get to see what we saw very soon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Among their finds is a fire extinguisher dating from 1942, newspapers from the week after D-Day, and a tin of "whole chicken in jelly" - fortunately empty.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

And fortunately for their self-esteem, investors are increasingly likely to buy and sell exchange-traded funds tracking whole sectors rather than individual stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

There’s been a “problem”—the sewage has backed up and is all over the floor, though fortunately my suitcase is OK.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich