dumb luck

Example Sentences

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In a bit of dumb luck that hasn’t stopped me from bragging about it since, 10 years ago I was the first one to publicly push for Roberts’ hiring.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Then, there’s a “Jeopardy!”-like general-knowledge quiz, although it seems to be based on dumb luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Because it’s clear that what happened was not a situation where the president was saved because of the scale of the Secret Service but by sheer dumb luck that he is still alive.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2024

Mr Hart says it was "dumb luck" that led to his team, which was studying life in Australia's Triassic era some 250 million years ago, being given the fossil to identify.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Despite my selfishness, despite my whining, despite my stupid dumb luck in being the only one left and my inability to appreciate it, when they—they have nothing.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart