luck

Example Sentences

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I've never had a run of bad luck as such like this.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Biographers wishing he might slow down so they could catch up are out of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Now he is trying his luck approaching women in real life.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

There’s an old London saying about hope and luck, built around the idea of waiting forever for a bus only to have two come along at the same time.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

But for the luck of timing, it could have been any one of them.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone