happenstance

Example Sentences

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What cemented his place there was half happenstance: his no-nonsense, on-the-scene reportage of the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympics, which occurred while he was filling in at “SportsCenter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

Many of Burns’ works do, purely by happenstance.

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2025

And that’s pretty much how my life has been, all just happenstance.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

The initial Metro Bashers came to their hobby independently, meeting through happenstance and their shared love of the rail network.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025

Chances were that, fog and all, he’d made his drift dead center by happenstance; he’d had the luck he’d prayed for earlier.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson