How to Use serendipitous in a Sentence

serendipitous

adjective
  • So many things are serendipitous, and with me that was the case.
    Saijel Kishan, Bloomberg.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Ware has had serendipitous strokes of luck in the past.
    Amanda Albee, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
  • That change of step for Camp proved serendipitous for About Time.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The find comes at a serendipitous moment, the ministry notes.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2018
  • The ball pushed back and back, propelled by serendipitous winds, and over the wall for a solo home run, his 24th of the season.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • The fundraiser will be held on a soundstage at the Lot at Formosa, a serendipitous site.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 June 2022
  • The best finds are serendipitous, though, rather than searches.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 July 2022
  • And then, Ellis got her sign, in the strange and serendipitous manner in which signs tend to arrive.
    Samantha Weiss Hills, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2018
  • The way this house came to us was sort of serendipitous, but not without a few hiccups of course, haha!
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • In a serendipitous turn of events, the department store signed the character’s rights over to May, free and clear.
    Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His role with the Jays is the sort of serendipitous tale baseball weaves so easily.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021
  • From there the world opened wide for Bourdain, in all its serendipitous glory.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2022
  • Barring a serendipitous gust of wind to clear the dust, the lander could be dead by early to mid-July.
    Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 24 May 2022
  • This is prime time for a serendipitous moment, so be sure to get out there and take advantage of it.
    Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • The story of Wicks’ work begins with a serendipitous invention at the other end of the world.
    Siddhant Pusdekar, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • Deadheads showed up for the band’s serendipitous set lists and for Jerry Garcia’s sleight of hand.
    The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • On the hottest weekend of the year in Southern California, the teams had a serendipitous evening start time.
    Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 7 Sep. 2020
  • IceBridge project when a string of serendipitous events led to the discovery.
    Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The young mom opened up about choosing her daughter’s unique name, saying the choice was serendipitous.
    Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 2 May 2018
  • That kind of serendipitous artistry is a source of surprise and delight at Beach Sessions.
    New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • That serendipitous moment changed her life, as well as that of many others.
    Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • My parents paid for the meal, which was why my friend wrote in her caption, So serendipitous meeting the parents of a friend!
    Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The second serendipitous goal for Calgary returned the team’s lead after Dallas scored two in a row to tie the game.
    Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The find comes during a serendipitous moment, the ministry notes.
    Alex Horton, Philly.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Kole Calhoun’s line drive took a strange and serendipitous carom off the right-field wall in the fourth inning on Wednesday night.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 6 Aug. 2020
  • That said, your story is a special and serendipitous one.
    cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022
  • If the basket was serendipitous, the Bulldogs were due for something good to happen.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The youngest of three siblings, and the only girl, Davis grew up in a home suffused with serendipitous discovery.
    Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Javier saw himself in the Shared Custody scripts and there were several things that were serendipitous about his connection with the characters.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 31 July 2024
  • From here on, the origin mythology of the astounding new orange is as serendipitous and chancy as the odds of human evolution happening again.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024

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