karma

Example Sentences

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Asked whether she confronted the thief, she replied: "I just left it to karma".

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

A high-school English teacher near Houston was fired after she wrote on Facebook that she thought karma played a role in Kirk’s death, according to the lawsuit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

There’s a karma to these places: donate well-loved, gently used items, and never use thrift or resale shops as a trash bin.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

“Good karma? I told people I used up a lot of good karma that day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

A long time ago, Pa told me people should be good not because they are afraid of getting caught but because bad karma will follow them through their lifetime.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung