How to Use coincidental in a Sentence

coincidental

adjective

• The fact that he and his boss went to the same college was purely coincidental.
• The noise, or lack of in the cabin, is not coincidental.
  — Nargess Banks, Forbes, 17 June 2022
• A source close to Gilbert said his visit to the White House while the Cubs were there was purely coincidental.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 28 June 2017
• The Big Ten could have leaned on the coincidental timing of that and decided to return with a bang, and put the biggest game on the year in Week 1.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2020
• And of course, as a Jew, I am disturbed by the not so coincidental rise of antisemitism.
  — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
• The season ended with Emmanuel Clase on the mound, throwing a not-so-coincidental 102 mph to what passed as the heart of the Rangers order.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 Oct. 2021
• But while this naming fluke may seem coincidental, there's a method to the madness.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 8 Sep. 2017
• There were all these crazy, weird coincidental references to my life [in the book].
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
• The timing was not coincidental the next time Secret talked about the issue.
  — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
• The resolutions have been in the works for months, and the timing of the votes and Trump's announcement on the Paris accords was coincidental.
  — Ted Sickinger, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2017
• In response to a media inquiry, Kessler said the timing of the piece was coincidental.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
• And next to it was a black leather jacket which was oddly coincidental to what Aubrey was last seen wearing.
  — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022
• In a coincidental confluence of events, Landale agreed to a two-year contract join the Spurs the morning of Aug. 5.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Oct. 2021
• The timing of his visit was purely coincidental, said Marc Short, who served as Pence’s chief of staff.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• Also not coincidental: The battle of words comes just days before Seacrest is to co-host E!
  — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2018
• That those are the colors of the Mexican flag is not coincidental.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2021
• But a new report from the Mail on Sunday revealed that the photos weren’t coincidental — they were staged.
  — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 14 May 2018
• That the screens in his classroom are flashing factoids about climate change — about loss of habitat and the melting of the glaciers — are not coincidental.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
• The Gone Girl vibes in this series aren't coincidental.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 23 Apr. 2018
• In fact, whether your response does or doesn’t let her off any hooks is best treated as coincidental.
  — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
• In fact, whether your response does or doesn't let her off any hooks is best treated as coincidental.
  — Carolyn Hax, al, 8 Sep. 2019
• The timing of the payout -- so close to the 2016 election -- was purely coincidental, Cohen has said.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018
• In a trend that probably isn’t coincidental, Aldridge’s worst four performances this season have come in the games the Spurs have lost.
  — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• The two things might be coincidental, the doctors told Wyckoff.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
• Richardson said that the timing might not be coincidental and that the regime may have a message for Rodman to convey to U.S. leaders.
  — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 14 June 2017
• To me the religion or the head gear is merely coincidental.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 July 2019
• In fact, Jones said, the shared number with Stephen Curry is coincidental.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 31 Dec. 2020
• So the company says that the timing, the close timing of these recalls is just coincidental.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• However, these patterns are often purely coincidental and lack any deeper inherent meaning.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
• Another coincidental similarity: A fetishist’s Locktober can also sometimes lead to muscle gains.
  — Mikelle Street, Them, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024