happenstance
Example Sentences
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Friends and family said it was tragic happenstance that either ended up in their ill-fated seats.
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.”
It wasn’t Hollywood, exactly, but a recent happenstance just might sustain me for whatever lies ahead.
One day, whether through happenstance, the hands on the clock, the phases of the moon, or some secret primordial plan, the moment comes when it is finally ready to sprout.
From Literature
Was it no more than happenstance that she had ended up at Ashton Place, governess to the Incorrigibles?
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
