How to Use fluke in a Sentence

fluke

noun

• But the Terps were a step slow all game, and the win by Michigan was no fluke.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023
• This Rose Bowl run proves that last year’s Rose Bowl run was no fluke.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Jan. 2023
• Some of his cooking, like the pil-pil and the fluke in olive oil, is flat-out Iberian.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Back at the dock, Proulx grabbed his hand scale and weighed his biggest fluke of the day, which came in at 15.3 pounds.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 15 June 2023
• Was Sunday’s game a sign that the Bengals five-game win streak a fluke?
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 18 Dec. 2022
• And last year’s success turned out to not be a fluke either.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
• In a larger sense, though, a Byron win is no fluke at all.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
• First, that his election in 2018 was anything but a fluke.
  — David Rieff, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
• The outcome turned on two fluke plays in the first half, both resulting in turnovers by Auburn.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 27 Nov. 2022
• The flukes are usually red or tan-brown, oval-shaped and flat, and can be up to 3 inches long.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
• This team is proving that last season's run to the Super Bowl was no fluke.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2022
• Highlights of the Pyro menu Of all the simple, beautiful plates, don't skip the fluke.
  — The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2024
• While Hudson has come out of nowhere as a success story, none of it has looked like a fluke.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 5 Jan. 2024
• His road to Bearcat fame as a pinpoint pigskin placer was almost a fluke.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2023
• This isn’t just a fluke that’s here today and gone tomorrow.
  — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
• Can the Wildcats prove their shocking Big Ten success is no fluke?
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
• That’s the same Chris Eubanks who earlier this season, through no fluke or quirk or cooking of the books, was ranked No. 123 in the world.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
• Its purpose in the seeming change that was sweeping the United States with the election of Barack Obama was no fluke.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 Feb. 2024
• The haziness in this painting was not a fluke or one-off incident, according to the study.
  — Kasha Patel, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2023
• Feldman might have realized ‘09 would go down as a fluke.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
• And then there’s the nagging fear that maybe that Oscar, win or nomination, was just a fluke.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
• That’s the fluke characteristic that not a lot of other sports have.
  — Sonya Sombreuil, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• This year’s second weekend not selling out in advance could be a one-time fluke.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• Even worse, this season’s 2-7 record doesn’t really appear to be a fluke.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2023
• The Jacksonville Jaguars might still have some doubters, a few holdouts who view the past two weeks as more of a fluke than a factuality.
  — Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022
• Shanghai’s role as a haven for Jews was a historical fluke.
  — Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2023
• The calf playfully slapped the water’s surface with its fluke, and its mother joined in, helping keep time.
  — Alex Pulaski, oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
• There was a miniature tart not much larger than a bottle cap, filled with firm raw fluke, maitake mushrooms glazed with Madeira, and crunchy threads of leek.
  — Pete Wells, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• This is not an attempt to diminish what Dortmund has done, or to suggest its uplifting, inspiring run to the final is some sort of fluke.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2024
• Magnitude bias makes those flukes catnip to conspiracists.
  — Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024