accidental

Example Sentences

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It’s a love story, above all — “Midnight Cowboy,” not an accidental choice, is more of a touchstone than any Marvel movie.

From Los Angeles Times

Its reputation for coziness isn’t accidental; it’s the result of centuries of people cooking with what they had, where they lived.

From Salon

The jury were told at this point one of the children caught their hand in the car door and, although it was accidental, it caused an argument between Morgan and the children's mother Georgia Griffiths.

From BBC

"Put simply, it was like hitching a cart to a goat -- an accidental mistake in our cadre appointment process," the North Korean leader explained.

From Barron's

Yet the accidental president made other decisions, less known but no less consequential, during his tenure.

From The Wall Street Journal