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
Night fell and the king by happy chance came upon a clearing where a charcoal-burner had a cottage.
From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker
For this reason I undertook to befriend the horse, and by happy chance it came to pass in a short time he responded as readily to my questions as to those of the two gentlemen.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Pfungst, Oskar
His desire, and the right to strive for its attainment, had synchronised by happy chance.
From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)
At last Sir Julian Byng had achieved surprise; at last there had been open fighting; if by happy chance we took Cambrai what might not happen?
From Fields of Victory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
