Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

serendipity

[ser-uhn-dip-i-tee] / ˌsɛr ənˈdɪp ɪ ti /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

In an act of serendipity, he's lived here in a previous incarnation - this was also the home of Poldark, his breakthrough role.

From BBC May 13, 2026

America’s system of pharmaceutical regulation treats generic-drug repurposing as serendipity rather than strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Yes, that’s why I like the word serendipity.

From Slate Mar. 2, 2026

A few years later, Henson and his wife, Gayle, opened a dude ranch in Santa Barbara County called, in a stroke of eventual marketing serendipity, Hidden Valley Ranch.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2025

“Robert's sextet is now impossible to buy. You encounter his music only by serendipity in vicarages in July afternoons. This is your one chance in your life. You can work this gramophone?”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The serendipities of age keep improving his designs.

From New York Times Sep. 1, 2022

The dawning of knowledge, the instant of understanding, the way an idea comes together at once as if with the satisfying snap of a seat-belt buckle—such well-prepared serendipities are the mainsprings of “The Martian.”

From The New Yorker Oct. 9, 2015

The goal is to create strategic conversations, connecting people and creating serendipities.

From Forbes Dec. 5, 2014

"What a long strange trip it's been," from the 1970 Grateful Dead hit "Truckin'," has become a widely used description of life's serendipities.

From Reuters Sep. 16, 2013

And each of them is subject to the vagaries and serendipities of life.

From Washington Post May 14, 2012




Vocabulary lists containing serendipity


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training