by happy chance
Example Sentences
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It would transpire that, by happy chance, the virus was maximally infective only when patients were at their most unwell and usually already in hospital.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013
Yet, while they were engaged in the search, by happy chance a wonderful concatenation of events in the pagan city of Athens determined the destiny of the nineteen-year-old ruler.
From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain
His desire, and the right to strive for its attainment, had synchronised by happy chance.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Herbert M. (Herbert Müller) Hopkins
For the third time Geoffrey dodged, and in doing so released the string, and the bolt, by happy chance, pierced the demon in the chest as it descended.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
Night fell and the king by happy chance came upon a clearing where a charcoal-burner had a cottage.
From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore
