Examples of “fortuitous” in a Sentence

adj Happening by chance, especially in a lucky or fortunate way.

• Was it love, she wondered, or a mere fortuitous combination of happy thoughts and sensations? — Edith Wharton (1905)
• Their meeting on the train turned out to be fortuitous — they later became business partners.
• It was fortuitous that she arrived just as the doors were closing.
• And then he met John Dowsett, the great John Dowsett. The whole thing was fortuitous. This cannot be doubted. — Jack London (1910)
• England were ragged at this point but the response was full of conviction, equalising swiftly then taking control before the tiring Danes and the magnificent Schmeichel were finally overcome with Kane's fortuitous winner. — Phil McNulty, England 2-1 Denmark (2021)