How to Use fortunate in a Sentence

fortunate

adjective

• How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!
• We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.
• Once again, the Bucks are fortunate that isn’t the case.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• The Broncos have been fortunate that the defense has been one of the best in the league.
  — Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024
• The Browns were fortunate to be down only 13-10 at the half.
  — cleveland, 23 Oct. 2022
• And only a fortunate few seem to be getting the best of it.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Perhaps the most fortunate among us are those for whom the two go hand in hand.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
• But five of her friends, two of them hostages in Gaza and three of them dead, were less fortunate.
  — Roger Cohen Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• And those of us off campus are fortunate that’s the case.
  — Kara Milstein, TIME, 9 May 2024
• To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Eleven-year-old Aafreen from Haslam Park school, was one of the fortunate children to meet the King.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2023
• This is a fortunate aspect of the timing of the storm itself.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
• Athenian, a small school in Danville, also was on the fortunate side of the draw.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Old bench boss Jeff Blashill should have been so fortunate.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
• The crowd at the exit seems to be about half-and-half ticket-holders and those who weren’t so fortunate.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• And Sauron is just fortunate enough to be in the position to provide it.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
• All of us who were fortunate enough to know you and love you and call you friend will miss you terribly .
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 19 July 2024
• The smoke, though, hangs heavy in the air, a reminder not everyone was so fortunate.
  — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
• Once the Moon has changed signs, this is a fortunate financial day for you.
  — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 14 June 2024
• The Stewarts were fortunate enough to travel throughout the world.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Harford Tech is fortunate to have a strong group of girls to train with Morgan and push her to be her best.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
• Some of his colleagues, on the other hand, aren’t so fortunate.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 5 July 2023
• But fans who stayed up late to watch the practice sessions weren’t as fortunate.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
• Yet many of the fortunate few who receive these tents are forced to sell them for cash to pay for food, wood for cooking, and medicine.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
• Feel fortunate to have survived and to have gotten through it all and to be here now in Freedom.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2024
• By the final minute of the second, the Bruins were fortunate still to be down by only one goal.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• Three pairs of fortunate souls can book their stay via Booking.com when the offer launches on June 7.
  — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2023
• Dear Amy: My wife and I were fortunate enough to get married in Tuscany two years ago.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Cheryl, his daughter, Meghan, and everyone who was fortunate enough to call Jimmy family or friend.
  — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2024
• Tolleson is fortunate to have incredible people teaching in our special needs classes and supporting them at the district office.
  — Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024